Table 2.
Distribution of type of service by age for both sexes and all races and ethnicities combined (data from 2012 to 2014)
| Age group |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–18 years (N=9752) |
19–39 years (N=7680) |
40–64 years (N=10 129) |
65+ years (N=4189) |
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| Type of service | N (%)* | Med (Q1, Q3)† | N (%)* | Med (Q1, Q3)† | N (%)* | Med (Q1, Q3)† | N (%)* | Med (Q1, Q3)† |
| Diagnostic | 8397 (86.1) | 5 (3, 8) | 6521 (84.9) | 5 (3, 7) | 9080 (89.6) | 6 (3, 9) | 3648 (87.1) | 5 (3, 8) |
| Preventive | 7207 (73.9) | 6 (3, 10) | 5344 (69.6) | 3 (2, 6) | 6438 (63.6) | 4 (2, 6) | 2075 (49.5) | 4 (2, 6) |
| Restorative | 2418 (24.8) | 2 (1, 4) | 2626 (34.2) | 2 (1, 4) | 4668 (46.1) | 2 (1, 4) | 1817 (43.4) | 2 (1, 4) |
| Removable | 211 (2.2) | 1 (1, 2) | 1503 (19.6) | 2 (1, 3) | 3563 (35.2) | 3 (1, 6) | 1977 (47.2) | 5 (2, 8) |
| Adjunctive general | 2080 (21.3) | 1 (1, 2) | 1581 (20.6) | 1 (1, 2) | 2887 (28.5) | 2 (1, 3) | 868 (20.7) | 2 (1, 3) |
| O & M surgery‡ | 2553 (26.2) | 1 (1, 2) | 1340 (17.4) | 1 (1, 1) | 1839 (18.2) | 1 (1, 2) | 1065 (25.4) | 1 (1, 2) |
| Orthodontics | 1132 (11.6) | 2 (1, 3) | 404 (5.3) | 1 (1, 2) | 377 (3.7) | 1 (1, 3) | 38 (0.9) | 1 (1, 2) |
| Endodontics | 262 (2.7) | 1 (1, 2) | 334 (4.3) | 1 (1, 2) | 660 (6.5) | 1 (1, 2) | 204 (4.9) | 1 (1, 2) |
| Fixed | 2 (<0.1) | 1 (1, 1) | 20 (0.3) | 3 (1, 4) | 94 (0.9) | 2 (1, 4) | 103 (2.5) | 2 (1, 4) |
| Prosthetics | 6 (0.1) | 1 (1, 1) | 10 (0.1) | 1 (1, 1) | 42 (0.4) | 1 (1, 1) | 18 (0.4) | 1 (1, 1) |
| Implant services | 15 (0.2) | 1 (1, 3) | 208 (2.7) | 1 (1, 2) | 781 (7.7) | 2 (1, 3) | 391 (9.3) | 2 (1, 3) |
*Among all persons with some dental information, this is the number (and per cent) of persons with a specific dental service.
†Among persons who received a service of this type, this is the median number of services received and the 25th centile (Q1) and 75th centile (Q3).
‡Oral and maxillofacial surgery.