Table 2 Last dental visit characteristics of study sample from KSA population (n = 3443)
Characteristic | Male n = 1274 | Female n = 2169 | Total n = 3443 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | n | % | n | % | n | |
Time since last dental visit | ||||||
< 6 months | 43.0% | 548 | 46.0% | 997 | 44.9% | 1545 |
6Â months to 1Â year | 22.7% | 289 | 21.2% | 459 | 21.7% | 748 |
> 1 year | 29.2% | 372 | 28.2% | 611 | 28.6% | 983 |
Never | 5.1% | 65 | 4.7% | 102 | 4.9% | 167 |
Type of dental clinic | ||||||
Public dental clinic | 22.6% | 288 | 22.0% | 478 | 22.2% | 766 |
Private dental clinic | 77.4% | 986 | 78.0% | 1691 | 77.8% | 2677 |
Dental treatment received | ||||||
Routine Check-up | 13.4% | 171 | 12.0% | 260 | 12.5% | 431 |
Scaling | 20.9% | 266 | 18.9% | 409 | 19.6% | 675 |
Restoration/prosthesis | 31.9% | 406 | 28.8% | 625 | 30.0% | 1031 |
Root canal treatment | 15.0% | 191 | 16.4% | 355 | 15.9% | 546 |
Orthodontic treatment | 6.5% | 83 | 11.2% | 243 | 9.5% | 326 |
Extraction | 11.1% | 142 | 11.1% | 241 | 11.1% | 383 |
Other | 0.6% | 7 | 1.4% | 30 | 1.3% | 37 |