Children and adolescents´ dental treatment in 2001–2013 in the Finnish public dental service

Linden, J.; Widström, E.; Sinkkonen, J.

doi:10.1186/s12903-019-0828-z

BMC Oral Health

Table 2 Trend analysis on treatment need, on the number of treatment measures per patient in each treatment category provided for all children and adolescents (< 18 years) and separately for the three age categories (0–6 years, 7–13 years and 14–17 years) For the three age categories, only statistically significant treatment categories are presented

From: Children and adolescents´ dental treatment in 2001–2013 in the Finnish public dental service

Treatment provided	Age category	mu	sd	t	p
All treatments and age categories
All treatments	All the young	0.011	0.004	2.523	0.028^*
All treatments	0-6 years	0.005	0.005	1.085	0.031^*
All treatments	7-13 years	0.007	0.006	1.042	0.320
All treatments	14–17 years	0.024	0.007	3.439	0.005^**
Treatment categories and all ages
Examinations	All the young	0.012	0.002	5.129	< 0.001^***
Orthodontics	All the young	0.007	0.014	0.491	0.633
Preventive measures	All the young	0.044	0.029	1.497	0.163
Restorative treatment	All the young	−0.056	0.010	−5.348	< 0.001^***
Anaesthesia	All the young	0.032	0.007	4.638	< 0.001^***
Radiology	All the young	0.045	0.029	1.561	0.147
Other Treatment	All the young	0.167	0.104	1.605	0.137
Emergencies	All the young	0.058	0.032	1.785	0.102
Oral surgery	All the young	−0.007	0.006	−1.044	0.319
Periodontics	All the young	−0.059	0.035	−1.652	0.127
Endodontics	All the young	0.052	0.025	2.05	0.065
Treatment of TMJ disorders	All the young	0.030	0.017	1.812	0.097
Prosthetics	All the young	−0.257	0.137	−1.877	0.087
For the three age categories only statistically significant treatment categories are presented.
Examinations	7-13 years	0.015	0.003	4.246	0.001^***
Examinations	14–17 years	0.022	0.005	4.612	< 0.001^***
Orthodontics	14–17 years	0.035	0.015	2.411	0.035^*
Restorative treatment	0-6 years	−0.092	0.012	−7.933	< 0.001^***
Restorative treatment	7-13 years	−0.072	0.015	−4.742	< 0.001^***
Anaesthesia	7-13 years	0.031	0.006	4.719	< 0.001^***
Emergencies	7-13 years	0.030	0.008	3.836	0.003^**
Emergencies	14–17 years	0.070	0.019	3.673	0.004^**
Periodontics	0-6 years	−0.142	0.036	−4.001	0.002^**
Endodontics	0-6 years	0.024	0.010	2.555	0.027^*
Endodontics	14–17 years	0.069	0.015	4.608	< 0.001^***
Prosthetics	14–17 years	−0.149	0.047	−3.15	0.009^**
Treatment need
In need of treatment	0-6 years	−0.092	0.010	−9.021	< 0.001^***
In need of treatment	7-13 years	−0.031	0.019	−1.623	0.133
In need of treatment	14–17 years	−0.035	0.013	−2.808	0.017^*
Prevention
No treatment need	0-6 years	0.169	0.055	3.086	0.010^*
No treatment need	7-13 years	0.054	0.048	1.117	0.288
No treatment need	14–17 years	0.056	0.052	1.086	0.301
In need of treatment	0-6 years	−0.113	0.051	−2.231	0.047^*
In need of treatment	7-13 years	0.074	0.129	0.571	0.580
In need of treatment	14–17 years	−0.094	0.094	−1.000	0.340

mu proportional change (log) per year
sd RMSE of the prop, change
t the t test statistic for H0 of zero mu
p statistical significance

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