TABLE 6.

Factors associated with physicians carrying out oral health-related activities during well baby visits

	Perform visual examination of teeth	Counsel on teething and dental care	Assess risk for developing tooth decay	Recommend first dental visit at younger than one year
Outcome variable	Adjusted OR* (95% CI)	Adjusted OR* (95% CI)	Adjusted OR* (95% CI)	Adjusted OR* (95% CI)
Oral health training during medical school and residency (more than 3 h versus less than 3 h)	1.80 (0.95–3.42)	1.92 (1.1–3.35)	1.57 (0.89–2.78)	2.04 (0.50–8.22)
Oral health CME courses taken in past five years (1 h or more versus none)	1.27 (0.84–1.92)	1.24 (0.84–1.83)	1.01 (0.66–1.52)	3.82 (1.16–12.6)
Knowledge scores (continuous; range 0 to 12; OR is per unit increase in knowledge scores)	1.01 (0.89–1.16)	1.00 (0.88–1.12)	0.96 (0.84–1.09)	0.81 (0.56–1.18)
Feel confident in identifying dental caries in children (versus do not)	3.60 (2.35–5.50)	2.03 (1.38–2.98)	2.55 (1.75–3.73)	2.49 (0.76–8.17)
Feel knowledgeable enough to discuss and counsel parents regarding home dental care for children (versus do not)	2.64 (1.78–3.92)	6.24 (4.17–9.34)	6.53 (4.04–10.5)	3.68 (0.77–17.5)
Consider that physicians play a “very important” role in promoting oral health (versus do not)	2.47 (1.64–3.71)	3.70 (2.49–5.51)	5.50 (3.47–8.73)	0.47 (0.14–1.52)

^*Odds ratio (OR) adjusted for number of years in practice, physician type, practice location, number of well baby visits per month, number of early childhood caries cases per month and proportion of recent immigrants seen as patients. CME Continuing medical education