Oral health and dental care in the U.S.

Statistics report about oral health and dental care in the United States

Oral health and dental care in the U.S.

This report presents key facts and figures about oral health and dental care in the United States. It contains figures on dental professionals and oral treatment as well as care costs and oral care products.

Table of contents

Overview

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  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. adults who reported their overall and oral health positively 2021-2022
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. adults with at least one chronic and one oral health problem 2021-2022
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. adults who reported oral health problems in 2022, by race/ethnicity
  • Basic Statistic Types of oral health problems reported by adults in 2022
  • Basic Statistic Unwanted consequences due to oral health issues U.S. consumers 2021
  • Premium Statistic Share of U.S. children and adolescents with oral health problems in 2022, by state
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. children who kept up with recommended oral health practices 2023

Oral treatment among children

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  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. children who visited the dentist from 1997-2019, by gender
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. children who visited the dentist in the past year by race 2019
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. children who visited the dentist in the past year 1997-2019, by region
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. children who had a dental visit in the past 12 months 2019-20, by age
  • Premium Statistic U.S. children who had a dental visit in the past 12 months 2019-20, by income

Oral treatment among adults

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  • Premium Statistic Adults with a dental visit in the past year 1997-2019
  • Premium Statistic Adults with a dental visit in the past year 1997-2019, by gender
  • Premium Statistic Share of elderly U.S. adults who visited the dentist in the past year 1997-2019
  • Premium Statistic U.S. adults with a dental visit in the past year in 2019 and 2020, by race
  • Premium Statistic U.S. adults with a dental visit in the past year in 2019 and 2020, by income
  • Premium Statistic U.S. females who visited a dentist in the past year as of 2022, by state
  • Premium Statistic Share of U.S. adults not planning a dental visit in the next year, 2022, by ethnicity
  • Basic Statistic Reasons for not visiting a dentist in the past two years among U.S. adults 2022

Dental professionals

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  • Premium Statistic Number of active dentists in the U.S. 1993-2020
  • Premium Statistic Active U.S. dentists per 100,000 civilians 2001-2020
  • Premium Statistic Share of dentists in the U.S. from 2001 to 2022, by gender
  • Basic Statistic Number of active dentists working in the U.S. in 2022, by area of practice
  • Basic Statistic Top U.S. states by active dentists per 100,000 civilians 2020
  • Basic Statistic Top U.S. states by number of active dentists 2020
  • Basic Statistic Community health center dental staff by type U.S. 2021
  • Basic Statistic Annual net income of all dentists in private practice U.S. 2022, by type
  • Premium Statistic Number of dental hygienists employed by U.S. 2022, by state
  • Premium Statistic Number of dental assistants employed in the U.S. 2022, by state

Costs

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  • Basic Statistic U.S. adults and children with a dentist visit in 2022, by insurance coverage status
  • Premium Statistic Dental services expenditure in the U.S. 1960-2019
  • Basic Statistic Dental service spending in the U.S. by payer 2013-2021
  • Premium Statistic U.S. household expenditure on dental care insurance 2017-2021
  • Premium Statistic People who could not afford dental services in the U.S. from 1999-2019
  • Premium Statistic Adults who could not afford needed dental care U.S. from 1999-2019, by gender
  • Basic Statistic People who could not afford dental care in the U.S. in 2019, by age
  • Basic Statistic U.S. consumer price index: physician and dental services 1960-2022

Market and products

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  • Premium Forecast Revenue of the oral care industry in the U.S. 2015-2028
  • Premium Forecast Revenue growth of oral care in the U.S. 2019-2028
  • Premium Forecast Revenue per capita of oral care in the U.S. 2018-2028
  • Premium Statistic U.S. oral care products' unit sales by category 2023
  • Premium Statistic OTC revenue of oral antiseptics and rinses in the U.S. 2011-2022

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