TABLE 2.

Prevalence of musculoligamentous and dentoalveolar pain according to patient characteristics.

CHARACTERISTIC	N = 1,639	MUSCULOLIGMENTOUS PAIN			DENTOALVELOAR PAIN
		%	95% CI*	P	%	95% CI	P
Age Group, y				.078			.166
18–29	254	8.2	4.6–11.8		10.5	6.5–14.6
30–44	397	7.2	4.3–10.2		11.2	7.4–15.0
45–64	695	7.0	4.4–9.6		8.1	6.0–10.3
65+	293	3.4	0.7–6.0		7.4	4.3–10.6
Sex				< .0001			.243
Male	716	2.9	1.7–4.0		10.1	7.1–13.2
Female	923	9.5	6.2–12.8		8.3	6.0–10.7
Race or Ethnicity				.156			.541
Non-Hispanic white	1,357	6.3	4.2–8.4		9.0	6.9–11.1
Other	211	8.9	4.5–13.3		10.3	5.8–14.8
Unreported	71	5.6	0.1–11.1		7.0	0.0–14.4
Maintenance Visit				.263			< .0001
No	813	7.5	3.9–7.4		14.1	11.0–17.3
Yes	826	5.6	3.9–11.2		4.1	2.6–5.6
Orthodontic Treatment				.070			.018
No	1,119	5.9	3.5–8.2		10.2	7.7–12.6
Yes	504	8.3	5.7–10.8		6.9	4.4–9.4
Unreported	16	5.9	0.0–17.9		5.9	0.0–17.9
Angle Malocclusion Classification				.747			.056
Class I	991	6.5	4.1–9.0		8.1	6.0–10.3
Class II	332	7.7	4.3–11.0		8.0	4.4–11.5
Class III	145	6.9	2.7–11.1		14.5	8.3–20.7
Unreported	171	4.5	1.6–7.5		12.5	6.3–18.7
Anterior or Posterior Open Bite				.719			.632
No	1,412	6.8	4.7–8.9		8.9	6.8–11.0
Yes	197	6.1	2.0–10.2		10.2	5.6–14.7
Unreported	30	0	NA†		12.5	0.0–26.7
Tooth Wear (1 + Teeth)				.024			.403
No	547	4.5	2.5–6.5		8.3	5.7–10.9
Yes	1,087	7.7	5.0–10.4		9.5	7.0–11.9
Unreported	5	0	NA		16.7	0.0–49.9
Tooth Loss (1 + Teeth)				.990			.001
No	774	6.6	3.7–9.6		6.9	4.8–9.0
Yes	861	6.6	4.6–8.6		10.9	8.2–13.7
Unreported	4	0	NA		33.3	6.2–60.5

^*CI: Confidence interval.

^†NA: Not available.