TABLE 3.

Effect of IMB on Expected Dental-Caries–Related Treatments per 1000 Medicaid-Enrolled Children

Treatment Groups	Child's Age at Simulated IMB Visit, mo	No. of Children With IMB Visitsa,b	Estimated Caries-Related Treatments Without IMB, n	Estimated Caries-Related Treatments With IMB, n	Estimated Change in Caries-Related Treatments	95% CI for Estimated Change in Caries-Related Treatmentsc	Change in Caries-Related Treatments, %
0 vs 1 IMB visit	12	55 561	2571	2564	−7	(−85 to 84)	−0.3
0 vs 2 IMB visits	12, 24	37 353	2575	2594	19	(−82 to 124)	0.7
0 vs 3 IMB visits	12, 15, 18	21 398	2583	2658	75	(−64 to 188)	2.9
	12, 18, 24	21 398	2583	2632	49	(−88 to 163)	1.9
0 vs 4 IMB visits	12, 18, 24, 35	9097	2590	2309	−281	(−469 to −58)	−10.9
0 vs ≥4 IMB Visits	9, 12, 15, 18, 24	13 424	2583	2110	−472	(−693 to −241)	−18.3
	12, 15, 18, 24, 35	13 424	2583	2125	−458	(−623 to −204)	−17.7

CI indicates confidence interval.

^aOf the 13 424 children with ≥4 IMB visits, 4327 had ≥5 IMB visits.

^bNumber of children with 0 IMB visits, 194 730.

^cConfidence intervals were generated on the basis of 200 bootstrap iterations.