Table 3.

Adjusted Odds Ratios (AOR) Standard Errors (SE) and and 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) from Logistic Regressions of Selected Characteristics on “Preventive Dental Care Utilization” among older Medicare Beneficiaries Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, 2002 and 2011

	Significance	Adjusted Odds Ratio	95% CI
Observation Year
2011		reference
2002	*	0.89	[0.82, 0.97]
Diabetes Mellitus
Yes	**	0.86	[0.78, 0.94]
No		reference
Dental Insurance
Yes		reference
No	***	0.31	[0.26, 0.38]

Note: This study is based on older Medicare Beneficiaries, age 65 years and above, continuously enrolled in fee-for-service Medicare and alive during the observation year (that is, the participant did not drop out of Medicare coverage).

Asterisks represent significant differences in “preventive dental care” between the comparison and the reference group based on the logistic regressions.

The adjusted model controlled for sex, race/ethnicity, age, marital status, education, poverty status, presence of dental insurance, health status (presence of heart disease, hypertension, or mental health conditions in the past year, perceived general health status and functional status), smoking, and obesity.

^***p < 0.001;

^**0.001 ≤ p < 0.01;

^*0.01 ≤ p < 0.05