In 2019, around 87 percent of girls between the ages of 2 and 17 years of age visited the dentist. This statistic depicts the percentage of children in the United States who visited the dentist in the past year from 1997 to 2019, by gender.
Percentage of children in the United States who visited the dentist in the past year from 1997 to 2019, by gender
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Overview
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Oral treatment among children
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- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. children who visited the dentist from 1997-2019, by gender
- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. children who visited the dentist in the past year by race 2019
- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. children who visited the dentist in the past year 1997-2019, by region
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Oral treatment among adults
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- Premium Statistic Adults with a dental visit in the past year 1997-2019
- Premium Statistic Adults with a dental visit in the past year 1997-2019, by gender
- Premium Statistic Share of elderly U.S. adults who visited the dentist in the past year 1997-2019
- Premium Statistic U.S. adults with a dental visit in the past year in 2019 and 2020, by race
- Premium Statistic U.S. adults with a dental visit in the past year in 2019 and 2020, by income
- Premium Statistic U.S. females who visited a dentist in the past year as of 2022, by state
- Premium Statistic Share of U.S. adults not planning a dental visit in the next year, 2022, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Reasons for not visiting a dentist in the past two years among U.S. adults 2022
Dental professionals
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- Premium Statistic Number of active dentists in the U.S. 1993-2023
- Premium Statistic U.S. dentists density 2001-2023
- Premium Statistic Share of dentists in the U.S. from 2001 to 2022, by gender
- Basic Statistic Number of active dentists working in the U.S. in 2022, by area of practice
- Basic Statistic Top U.S. states by dentists density in 2023
- Basic Statistic Top U.S. states by number of active dentists 2023
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- Basic Statistic Annual net income of all dentists in private practice U.S. 2022, by type
Costs
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- Basic Statistic U.S. adults and children with a dentist visit in 2022, by insurance coverage status
- Premium Statistic Dental services expenditure in the U.S. 1960-2019
- Basic Statistic Dental service spending in the U.S. by payer 2013-2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. household expenditure on dental care insurance 2017-2021
- Premium Statistic People who could not afford dental services in the U.S. from 1999-2019
- Premium Statistic Adults who could not afford needed dental care U.S. from 1999-2019, by gender
- Basic Statistic People who could not afford dental care in the U.S. in 2019, by age
- Basic Statistic U.S. consumer price index: physician and dental services 1960-2022
Market and products
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- Premium Statistic Revenue of the oral care industry in the U.S. 2015-2028
- Premium Statistic Revenue growth of oral care in the U.S. 2019-2028
- Premium Statistic Revenue per capita of oral care in the U.S. 2018-2028
- Premium Statistic U.S. oral care products' unit sales by category 2023
- Premium Statistic OTC revenue of oral antiseptics and rinses in the U.S. 2011-2022
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- Prevalence of dental caries in childrens' primary teeth in the U.S. 2011-2012
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CDC. (November 15, 2022). Percentage of children in the United States who visited the dentist in the past year from 1997 to 2019, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/449536/share-of-us-children-who-visited-the-dentist-in-the-past-year-by-gender/
CDC. "Percentage of children in the United States who visited the dentist in the past year from 1997 to 2019, by gender." Chart. November 15, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/449536/share-of-us-children-who-visited-the-dentist-in-the-past-year-by-gender/
CDC. (2022). Percentage of children in the United States who visited the dentist in the past year from 1997 to 2019, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/449536/share-of-us-children-who-visited-the-dentist-in-the-past-year-by-gender/
CDC. "Percentage of Children in The United States Who Visited The Dentist in The past Year from 1997 to 2019, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Nov 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/449536/share-of-us-children-who-visited-the-dentist-in-the-past-year-by-gender/
CDC, Percentage of children in the United States who visited the dentist in the past year from 1997 to 2019, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/449536/share-of-us-children-who-visited-the-dentist-in-the-past-year-by-gender/ (last visited March 29, 2024)
Percentage of children in the United States who visited the dentist in the past year from 1997 to 2019, by gender [Graph], CDC, November 15, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/449536/share-of-us-children-who-visited-the-dentist-in-the-past-year-by-gender/