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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF - HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE A PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE Health Services and Mental Health Administration Washiiwton D.C. 20201 Iv “o VOL. 18, NO. 9 FROM THE SUPPLEMENT(2) I DECEMBER 18, 1989 NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS Estimated Annual Volume of Dental Visits in the United States, 1968 During the year 1968 there were an estimated A comparison of the current estimates of dental 265.4 million dentaI visits, or an average of 1.4 visits with those based on earlier data collection visits per person per year, made by the civilian, periods is presented in the table below. Unlike other noninstitutional population of the United States. This types of health care such as hospital and physician information is based on data collected in the Health services, dental visits are not subject to a great Interview Survey, National