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Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2016 Nov 16;52(3):407–415. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.10.004

Table 2.

Economic Benefit (Averted Costs), 2014 US$

Study	Averted costs per child, $				Annual averted costs per tooth, $
Study	Treatment costs	Productivity losses	Total	Annual	Annual averted costs per tooth, $
Dasanayake^40,^a	71.52	9.71	81.23	10.15	6.08
Weintraub,⁴⁵ low-risk^a	5.10	4.94	10.04	2.01	2.01
Weintraub,⁴⁵ medium-risk^a	21.65	12.96	34.61	6.92	6.92
Weintraub,⁴⁵ high-risk^a	34.92	18.12	53.04	10.61	10.61
Scherrer⁴⁴	209.97	23.89	233.86	25.98	6.50
Marino⁴²	12.16	6.62	18.78	3.13	0.78
Griffin^41,^a	36.55	13.47	50.03	5.56	5.56
Quinonez⁴³	73.28	–	73.28	7.33	7.33
Median: All (Weintraub MR)	54.04	12.96	61.65	7.13	6.29
Median: Economic models	54.92	13.47	61.65	6.44	6.03
Median: Medicaid (Weintraub MR)	46.59	11.33	57.92	8.54	6.50
Median (Weintraub MR [U.S.])	71.52	13.22	73.28	7.33	6.50
M (Weintraub MR) (SD)	70.86 (66.34)	13.33 (5.83)	81.96 (71.19)	9.85 (7.52)	5.53 (2.20)

Productivity losses estimated by reviewers.

MR, medium-risk; U.S., studies conducted in U.S.