Oral Health Knowledge and Behaviors among Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes

Table 3

Professional dental care.

	Adolescents with type 1 diabete		U.S. National Norm
	%	95% CI	%	P-value
Professional dental care visits
Preventive care in the past 12 months	93.2	85.8–97.5	87.8	.12
(check-ups, screenings, and sealants)*
Restorative care (cavities, fillings)	81.4	71.6–89.0	NA
Periodontal treatment (scaling and	2.3	0.3–8.2	NA
root planning, or “deep” cleaning)
Orthodontic treatment	47.7	37.0–58.6	NA
Cosmetic (whitened teeth)	19.5	11.6–29.7	NA
	%	𝑛	%	P-value
How long has it been since you last saw a dentist?*
≤6 months	81.8	72	70.7
6 months–1 year	13.6	12	15.6	.06
1-2 years	3.4	3	7.7
>2 years	1.1	1	6.0

NA indicates that national normative data were not available.
*U.S. comparison data from the 2007 National Survey of Children’s Health [28].