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