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Dental visits among smoking and nonsmoking US adults in 2000
Susan K Drilea1, Britt C Reid, Chien-Hsun Li
1Health Research Analyst 4, NIDCR/CDC Data Resource Center, Rockville, MD 20850, USA. susan.drilea@ngc.com
Objective:
To examine dental visits among smoking and nonsmoking adults in a nationally representative sample.
Methods:
Logistic regression analysis was performed, using a sample of 15,250 US adults from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component 2000.
Results:
Current smokers were less likely to report dental visits (32.9%) than were nonsmokers (45.0%) during 2000. Differences were statistically significant even after accounting for other predictors of dental care use.
Conclusions:
Efforts to optimize the oral health of smokers and reduce serious oral diseases may benefit from addressing this lower use of dental services among smokers.
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