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. 2005 Sep-Oct;29(5):462-71.
doi: 10.5555/ajhb.2005.29.5.462.

Dental visits among smoking and nonsmoking US adults in 2000

Susan K Drilea  1 , Britt C Reid, Chien-Hsun Li, Jeffrey J Hyman, Richard J Manski
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Dental visits among smoking and nonsmoking US adults in 2000

Susan K Drilea et al. Am J Health Behav. 2005 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

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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