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STATISTICAL BRIEF #368: Dental Procedures, United States, 1999 and 2009

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STATISTICAL BRIEF #368: Dental Procedures, United States, 1999 and 2009



Dental Procedures, United States, 1999 and 2009


April 2012
Richard J. Manski, DDS, MBA, PhD and Erwin Brown, Jr., BS

Highlights

  • Overall, 42.2 percent of the population had at least one visit to a dentist or dental professional during 2009. This compares to 43.1 percent with at least one dental visit in 1999.
  • The total number of dental procedures increased from about 516 million in 1999 to about 548 million in 2009.
  • Overall, as a percentage of all procedures, diagnostic and preventive procedures increased while restorative, prosthetic, endodontic, and orthodontic procedures decreased from 1999 to 2009.
  • Overall people were more likely to have at least one preventive procedure and less likely to have one restorative procedure in 2009 than in 1999.

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