Table 3:
Weighted % of concordance between clinical oral health recommended care and self-reported oral health measures adults aged 30 years or older in National Health and Examination Nutrition Survey, 2013-14.
| Overall Oral health self-perception |
Oral Pain1 | Impact on Job or school |
Suspected Periodontal Disease |
Tooth Appearance “does not look right” |
Tooth mobility3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL | 65.4 | 52.0 | 52.6 | 55.6 | 57.8 | 55.7 |
| Sex | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Female | 69.2 | 57.1 | 57.8 | 59.8 | 62.4 | 60.4 |
| Male | 61.4 | 46.5 | 47.0 | 51.2 | 52.9 | 50.8 |
| Race/Ethnicity | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic White | 68.0 | 57.0 | 56.9 | 60.4 | 61.5 | 60.4 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 575 | 40.0 | 42.1 | 45.0 | 49.5 | 45.8 |
| Hispanic | 61.9 | 39.3 | 42.3 | 43.4 | 50.8 | 43.9 |
| Other | 58.6 | 44.2 | 45.3 | 48.0 | 48.1 | 46.7 |
| Age groups | * | * | ||||
| 30 - 44 years | 67.4 | 54.4 | 55.8 | 56.0 | 60.7 | 57.0 |
| 45 - 54 Years | 68.7 | 51.8 | 52.0 | 56.4 | 59.8 | 57.2 |
| 55 - 64 Years | 64.4 | 47.6 | 48.5 | 55.1 | 53.2 | 52.2 |
| 65, or older | 65.5 | 55.9 | 54.9 | 57.0 | 59.4 | 61.1 |
| Education | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Less than high school | 67.2 | 41.2 | 42.2 | 46.2 | 52.1 | 44.0 |
| High school graduate | 61.1 | 41.6 | 43.3 | 50.6 | 51.2 | 50.7 |
| Some College | 64.7 | 50.3 | 51.4 | 54.3 | 55.8 | 53.6 |
| College | 68.2 | 65.1 | 64.3 | 64.3 | 66.7 | 66.2 |
| Federal Poverty Level | * | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 0 - < 1.25 | 63.3 | 38.4 | 39.4 | 45.4 | 52.4 | 44.4 |
| 1.25 to < 2.00 | 62.6 | 44.1 | 44.5 | 50.7 | 53.6 | 48.7 |
| 2.00 - < 4.00 | 62.9 | 48.1 | 50.7 | 52.7 | 54.0 | 54.3 |
| 4.00 and above | 69.1 | 64.6 | 63.6 | 65.3 | 65.5 | 65.3 |
| Missing | 67.2 | 52.5 | 52.4 | 52.9 | 55.1 | 54.4 |
| Insurance coverage | ** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Yes | 66.4 | 55.7 | 55.9 | 58.8 | 60.4 | 59.2 |
| No | 59.7 | 35.5 | 34.0 | 37.9 | 43.6 | 36.7 |
| Obesity | *** | *** | * | * | ||
| No | 66.7 | 55.4 | 55.7 | 57.0 | 60.0 | 58.3 |
| Yes | 63.5 | 47.2 | 48.2 | 53.5 | 54.8 | 52.0 |
| Alcohol use | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | |
| Non-Drinker | 64.2 | 51.9 | 54.6 | 55.9 | 57.2 | 54.5 |
| Moderate use | 68.3 | 58.7 | 59.3 | 61.6 | 63.2 | 62.1 |
| Heavy use | 62.1 | 42.8 | 41.8 | 46.4 | 50.2 | 48.5 |
| Missing | 63.7 | 46.0 | 46.1 | 51.3 | 54.4 | 49.9 |
| Smoking | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | |
| Current | 66.1 | 40.0 | 40.3 | 42.1 | 49.7 | 43.2 |
| Former | 63.1 | 51.9 | 51.3 | 57.1 | 57.3 | 56.0 |
| Never | 66.4 | 56.1 | 57.3 | 59.5 | 60.8 | 59.8 |
| Physical activity | * | * | * | |||
| Yes | 65.8 | 52.7 | 53.3 | 56.6 | 58.8 | 56.6 |
| No | 64.3 | 50.1 | 50.6 | 53.0 | 55.2 | 53.2 |
| Cancer | * | * | ||||
| Yes | 68.3 | 56.3 | 58.1 | 58.8 | 59.6 | 60.3 |
| No | 65.0 | 51.3 | 51.7 | 55.1 | 57.6 | 55.0 |
| Cardiovascular disease | * | |||||
| Yes | 65.4 | 52.5 | 53.8 | 59.2 | 59.6 | 53.3 |
| No | 65.5 | 52.0 | 52.5 | 55.2 | 57.7 | 56.0 |
| Diabetes | * | *** | *** | * | ** | |
| Yes | 60.4 | 43.4 | 42.7 | 52.2 | 51.0 | 48.6 |
| No | 66.4 | 33.6 | 54.4 | 56.3 | 59.1 | 57.1 |
| General health | *** | *** | * | ** | *** | |
| Excellent/very good | 65.9 | 59.6 | 59.1 | 59.3 | 61.7 | 62.8 |
| Good | 63.1 | 48.6 | 50.0 | 54.1 | 54.6 | 52.5 |
| Fair/poor | 69.1 | 44.3 | 44.7 | 52.1 | 56.6 | 48.7 |
| Missing | 65.5 | 49.5 | 53.1 | 53.0 | 57.6 | 53.8 |
| Dental visit | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | |
| 1 year or less | 65.7 | 59.3 | 59.7 | 60.2 | 61.2 | 62.6 |
| More than 1 year | 64.9 | 39.1 | 39.9 | 47.6 | 51.8 | 43.6 |
Note: based on 4,205 participants, who were 30 years and older and who had no missing data for the dentists’ oral health recommendations and responses from questions about oral health self-perception and oral pain. Asterisks represent significant group differences in concordance versus discordance based on Rao-Scott Chi-square tests.
Aching anywhere in the mouth during the last year.
If participant thought he or she “might have gum disease” (NHANES, 2017).
Participant was asked if “any teeth [were] becoming loose without an injury” (NHANES, 2017).
p < .001;
.001 ≤ p < .01;
.01 ≤ p < .05.