TABLE 2.
Participant Self-Reported Dental Characteristics Among Street-Intercept Sample of African American Adults Living in Central Harlem, New York City, 2004–2005
| Characteristic | No. (%) or Mean (SD) |
| Edentulous status | |
| Fully dentate | 19 (16) |
| Any missing teeth | 83 (70) |
| Edentulous—single arch | 8 (7) |
| Fully edentulous | 8 (7) |
| No. of teeth lost | 9.3 (9.9) |
| None | 19 (16) |
| 1–5 | 40 (34) |
| 6–10 | 20 (17) |
| 11–20 | 16 (14) |
| 21–30 | 14 (12) |
| All | 8 (7) |
| No. of fillings (excluding fully edentulous) | |
| None | 29 (27) |
| 1 or 2 | 20 (19) |
| 3–5 | 30 (28) |
| 6–10 | 24 (22) |
| >10 | 4 (4) |
| Tooth replacements | |
| Upper: has bridges, partials, or implants | 24 (20) |
| Upper: has full denture | 13 (11) |
| Lower: has bridges, partials, or implants | 22 (19) |
| Lower: has full denture | 5 (4) |
| Medical insurancea | |
| None | 9 (8) |
| Medicaid | 67 (57) |
| Medicare | 19 (16) |
| Private or HMO | 29 (25) |
| Other | 4 (3) |
| Dental insurance | |
| None | 29 (25) |
| Medicaid | 58 (50) |
| Private or DMO | 25 (21) |
| Other | 5 (4) |
| Time since most recent routine dental visit | |
| Within past 6 mo | 39 (33) |
| Within past y | 20 (17) |
| Within past 2 y | 9 (8) |
| Within past 5 y | 17 (14) |
| 5 y or more ago | 23 (20) |
| Never | 10 (9) |
Notes. DMO = dental maintenance organization; HMO = health maintenance organization.
a
Because some participants were on Medicaid and Medicare, the percentages do not sum to equal 100.