Providing dental insurance can positively impact oral health outcomes in Ontario

Table 2 Association between dental insurance status with dental visiting behaviours and oral health status outcomes. Unadjusted proportion, adjusted proportions, and associated marginal effects are reported with 95% confidence intervals

	Dental visiting behaviours				Oral health status outcomes
	Visiting the dentist in past 12 months ^a		Visiting a dentist only for emergencies ^a		Very good or excellent SROH ^a		Tooth loss due to decay or gum disease ^b
	n = 42,553 ^a		n = 42,553 ^a		n = 42,553 ^a		n = 29,426 ^b
Insurance Status	Unadjusted	Adjusted ^c	Unadjusted	Adjusted ^c	Unadjusted	Adjusted ^c	Unadjusted	Adjusted ^d
Yes	82.0 (81.1, 82.9)	79.4 (78.5, 80.4)	10.3 (9.6, 10.9)	13.2 (12.4, 14.0)	60.5 (59.4, 61.7)	57.9 (56.8, 59.0)	4.3 (3.7, 4.8)	5.7 (5.0, 6.4)
No	50.0 (48.4, 51.6)	56.6 (55.0, 58.2)	38.3 (36.7, 39.9	32.3 (30.8, 33.8)	44.1 (42.5, 45.7)	48.3 (46.7, 49.9)	8.0 (6.9, 9.0)	7.2 (6.2, 8.1)
Marginal Effects	32.0 (30.1, 33.8)	22.8 (20.9, 24.7)	−28.0 (−29.8, −26.3)	−19.1 (−20.9, −17.4)	16.4 (14.4, 18.3)	9.6 (7.6, 11.5)	−3.7 (−4.9, − 2.5)	−1.5 (− 2.7, −0.3)

^a Represents 11,682,112 Ontarians
^b Restricted to Ontarians who visited dentist in past 12 months, and have at least one of their own teeth at the time of survey completion
^c Adjusted for age, sex, dental insurance, income quintile, household education, self-perceived general health, geographic peer group, and having at least one of your own teeth
^d Adjusted for age, sex, dental insurance, income quintile, household education, self-perceived general health and geographic peer group

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