Association between smoking habits and dental care utilization and cost using administrative claims database and specific medical check-up data

Table 6 Dental procedure between smokers and non-smokers

	Smoker		Non-smoker		P-value
	62,692		62,692
Dental procedure (n, %)
Initial consultation	51,230	81.7	52,138	83.2	< 0.001
Reexamination	50,082	79.9	47,968	76.5	< 0.001
Professional mechanical tooth cleaning	43,150	68.8	45,150	72.0	< 0.001
Scaling	42,810	68.3	45,458	72.5	< 0.001
Basic periodontal examination	40,986	65.4	44,338	70.7	< 0.001
Dental hygiene practical guidance	38,260	61.0	40,559	64.7	< 0.001
Prescription	23,138	36.9	16,907	27.0	< 0.001
Dispensing	22,417	35.8	15,987	25.5	< 0.001
Drug information provision	22,197	35.4	16,234	25.9	< 0.001
Dental X-ray	19,166	30.6	16,678	26.6	< 0.001
Photo diagnosis	19,148	30.5	16,656	26.6	< 0.001
Electrical root canal length measurement test	15,116	24.1	11,417	18.2	< 0.001
Crown preparation	14,194	22.6	11,219	17.9	< 0.001
Inlay restoration	9,821	15.7	11,061	17.6	< 0.001
Molar tooth extraction	9,109	14.5	6,050	9.7	< 0.001
Inlay preparation	8,291	13.2	9,450	15.1	< 0.001
Intracanal medication	7,549	12.0	5,924	9.4	< 0.001
Periodontal inspection	7,037	11.2	7,915	12.6	< 0.001
Replacement	4,521	7.2	5,680	9.1	< 0.001
Regional dental care support hospital reexamination	912	1.5	1,086	1.7	< 0.001

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