Table 2 Number of visits for dental treatment from 5 to 12 years of age. Analysis of variance: Preventive/Dental hygienist: Group effect, p = 0.002, Risk category effect, p < 0.001; Preventive/ Dentist – dental assistant team: Group effect, p < 0.001; Restorative/ Dentist – dental assistant team: interaction term Group*Risk category, p = 0.001, Group difference: low-risk p < 0.09, intermediate p = 0.003, and high-risk category p < 0.03
Prevention group | Dental hygienist | Dentist-dental assistant team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Preventive | Preventive | Restorative | |||||
Risk category at 2 yrs | n | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. |
Risk-based N = 245 | 8.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.9 | |
Low-risk | 166 | 7.5 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.6 |
Intermediate | 52 | 8.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.4 |
High-risk | 27 | 11.6 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.6 |
Routine N = 202 | 7.2 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 4.4 | |
Low-risk | 134 | 6.5 | 2.3 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 3.4 |
Intermediate | 50 | 8.6 | 2.3 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
High-risk | 18 | 8.9 | 3.3 | 6.3 | 1.1 | 7.1 | 7.4 |