title: Dental visits among smoking and nonsmoking US adults in 2000.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine dental visits among smoking and nonsmoking adults in a nationally representative sample.
  
  
  METHODS
  Logistic regression analysis was performed, using a sample of 15,250 US adults from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component 2000.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Current smokers were less likely to report dental visits (32.9%) than were nonsmokers (45.0%) during 2000. Differences were statistically significant even after accounting for other predictors of dental care use.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Efforts to optimize the oral health of smokers and reduce serious oral diseases may benefit from addressing this lower use of dental services among smokers.
authors.affiliation: Health Research Analyst 4, NIDCR/CDC Data Resource Center, Rockville, MD 20850, USA. susan.drilea@ngc.com
authors.forename: Susan K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Drilea
authors.forename: Britt C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: Chien-Hsun
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jeffrey J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Hyman
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Manski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003752:Dental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D016017:Odds Ratio; D009819:Office Visits; D012907:Smoking; D014481:United States