Niodita Gupta|Marko Vujicic|Cassandra Yarbrough|Brittany Harrison
Disparities in untreated caries among children and adults in the U.S., 2011–2014
American Dental Association|American Dental Association|American Dental Association|American Dental Association
affordable care act 2010 increased dental coverage children united states us adults studies current scholarship make use uptodate nationally representative data examine oral health disparities us population purpose study use nationally representative data determine prevalence untreated caries among children adults different socioeconomic racialethnic groups examine factors associated untreated caries among children adults study used 20112014 national health nutrition examination survey nhanes demographic oral health questionnaire oral health dentition examination data n 7008 children n 9673 adults participants standardized oral health examination least one natural primary permanent tooth considering 28 tooth spaces included study main outcome measure untreated coronal caries defined decay crown enamel surface tooth treated filled population estimates calculated determine prevalence untreated caries among children adults united states frequencies pearsons chisquare tests used compare without untreated caries multivariate logistic regression models used evaluate factors associated untreated caries conducted analyses among children adults separately 2011 2014 124 million children 576 million adults united states untreated caries age family income level recent dental visit financial nonfinancial barriers significantly associated untreated caries children adults raceethnicity gender education level also significantly associated untreated caries among adults odds untreated caries associated financial barriers 206 children 284 adults odds untreated caries associated nonfinancial barriers 286 children 167 adults demographic socioeconomic disparities untreated caries exist among children adults