Dental caries in children:

• 28% of children aged 2-5 experience decay in their baby teeth
• 50% of children have had tooth decay by age 11
• 68% of 19 year olds have had tooth decay in their permanent teeth
• Children of low income families are twice as likely to experience decay than children of higher income families
• 52 million school hours are lost each year due to dental disease

Dental caries in adults:

• 27% of adults age 20-39 have untreated dental caries
• 21% of adults age 40-59 have untreated dental caries
• 19% of adults age 60+ have untreated dental caries