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Table 3 Proportions of self reported general care treatment or oral health need within persons categorised as PriorityTx

From: An evaluation of the discriminant and predictive validity of relative social disadvantage as screening criteria for priority access to public general dental care, in Australia

 

N

Response†

PriorityTx (row%)

General Treatment Screening Questions†

   

I have a broken filling*

83

Yes

63.9

I need a filling*

174

Yes

67.8

I have bleeding gums

7

Yes

42.9

I have a loose tooth

10

Yes

70.0

I have a broken tooth

83

Yes

67.5

I need an extraction*

45

Yes

86.7

I have a chipped tooth

20

Yes

60.0

I have sore gums

18

Yes

61.1

I need a scale and clean**

85

Yes

50.6

I have mouth ulcers

6

Yes

66.7

I need gum treatment

10

Yes

60.0

I have a broken denture**

46

Yes

91.3

My denture needs to be fixed

112

Yes

79.5

I have lost my denture

7

Yes

100.0

I have a clicking jaw

-

Yes

-

I have Halitosis (bad breath)

5

Yes

60.0

I need a crown and/or bridge

10

Yes

60.0

1+ RSD***

425

Yes

81.9

No RSD

190

Yes

54.0

  1. †Response format: Self reported criterion. Patients could report multiple criterion.
  2. ***(P < 0.001), **(P < 0.01), *( P < 0.05); χ2.