Reasons for not visiting a dentist in the past two years among adults U.S. 2022

In 2022, around 27 percent of adults in the United States who did not visit the dentist in the past two years cited the cost as the reason. This statistic illustrates the reasons U.S. adults gave for not visiting a dentist in the past two years as of 2022.

Percentage of U.S. adults who gave select reasons for not visiting a dentist in the past two years as of 2022

Characteristic	Percentage of respondents
Cost	27%
COVID-19	18%
No reason to go	11%
Dental anxeity	9%

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Release date

April 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

January to February 2022

Number of respondents

5,682 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

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