TABLE 2—

Association Between State-Level Dentist Supply and Children’s Oral Health (by Child’s Age Group): National Survey of Children’s Health, United States, 2007

	Aged 1–10 Years		Aged 11–17 Years
Variable	No.	OR (95% CI)	No.	OR (95% CI)
Decay	27 180	0.46* (0.23, 0.95)	23 838	1.78 (0.76, 4.17)
Bleeding gums	27 197	0.18* (0.05, 0.76)	23 877	0.79 (0.15, 4.27)
Decay or bleeding gums	27 174	0.38** (0.19, 0.76)	23 827	1.56 (0.69, 3.52)
Self-rated oral healtha	27 179	0.51* (0.29, 0.91)	23 902	1.24 (0.70, 2.23)

Note. CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio.

^aEstimated from an ordered logit model for predicting a worse rating on a 5-category scale (poor, fair, good, very good, and excellent).

*P ≤ .05; **P ≤ .01.