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| n | Data
from 1994 National Access to Care Survey |
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| estimates
of the dental care wants in the United |
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| States
population and in various subgroups |
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| n | 8.5%
of the population wanted, but did not readily |
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| obtain
dental care in 1994 |
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| F | 1989;
57% of people in U.S. visited the dentist in the |
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| past
year (37% in 1958) |
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| n | Prevalence
of unmet dental care wants varied by |
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| demographic
and socioeconomic characteristics |
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