What would dentists find if they traveled around the country and examined the dental health of a representative sample of Americans? They would find a lot of cavities.
That's what happened when, at the behest of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, a team of dentists in mobile examination centers took a look inside the mouths of Americans aged 20 or older. The finding: 27 percent of adults have untreated tooth decay.
Source: National Center for Health Statistics, Dental Caries and Tooth Loss in Adults in the United States, 2011-2012
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