In 2019, around 87 percent of girls between the ages of 2 and 17 years of age visited the dentist. This statistic depicts the percentage of children in the United States who visited the dentist in the past year from 1997 to 2019, by gender.
Percentage of children in the United States who visited the dentist in the past year from 1997 to 2019, by gender
Characteristic
Boys
Girls
1997
72.3%
73%
2000
73.7%
74.6%
2005
75.5%
77%
2009
77.6%
79.3%
2015
84.2%
85.2%
2016
84.3%
84.9%
2017
84.2%
85.6%
2018
86.1%
85.7%
2019
87%
86.7%
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CDC. (November 15, 2022). Percentage of children in the United States who visited the dentist in the past year from 1997 to 2019, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 19, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/449536/share-of-us-children-who-visited-the-dentist-in-the-past-year-by-gender/
CDC. "Percentage of children in the United States who visited the dentist in the past year from 1997 to 2019, by gender." Chart. November 15, 2022. Statista. Accessed February 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/449536/share-of-us-children-who-visited-the-dentist-in-the-past-year-by-gender/
CDC. (2022). Percentage of children in the United States who visited the dentist in the past year from 1997 to 2019, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/449536/share-of-us-children-who-visited-the-dentist-in-the-past-year-by-gender/
CDC. "Percentage of Children in The United States Who Visited The Dentist in The past Year from 1997 to 2019, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Nov 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/449536/share-of-us-children-who-visited-the-dentist-in-the-past-year-by-gender/
CDC, Percentage of children in the United States who visited the dentist in the past year from 1997 to 2019, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/449536/share-of-us-children-who-visited-the-dentist-in-the-past-year-by-gender/ (last visited February 19, 2025)
Percentage of children in the United States who visited the dentist in the past year from 1997 to 2019, by gender [Graph], CDC, November 15, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/449536/share-of-us-children-who-visited-the-dentist-in-the-past-year-by-gender/
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