Table 6.

Modulating factors of OIDP and OSS among the working sample (n = 561).

SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES		OIDP	OSS
Gender
Male (mean ± sd)		3.8 ± 7.7***	6.8 ± 1.7*
Female(mean ± sd)		6.9 ± 11.4***	6.4 ± 1.8*
BEHAVIOURAL VARIABLES
Last previous visit to dentist		rs = - 0.1**	rs = 0.06
PROSTHODONTIC VARIABLES
Normative Needs for prosthesis		rs = 0.04	rs = -0.23**
Type of edentulism (Eichner Index)		rs = 0.08	rs = -0.28**
No occlusal units		r = - 0.06	r = 0.27**
No aesthetic units		r = - 0.03	r = 0.12**
No absent teeth		r = 0.04	r = -0.22**
No replaceable absent teeth		r = 0.07	r = -0.23**
No replaced absent teeth		r = - 0.01	r = -0.11*
No replaceable visible teeth		r = 0.01	r = -0.14**
No replaceable functional teeth		r = 0.07	r = -0.25**
No replaced visible teeth (Fixed or Removable Prothesis)		r = - 0.01	r = -0.10*
No replaced functional teeth (Fixed or Removable Prothesis)		r = - 0.04	r = -0.10*
No natural teeth present		r = - 0.02	r = 0.21**
Prosthetic groups
Dentate without prosthesis (mean ± sd)		5.4 ± 10.0	6.6 ± 1.7 *
Wearers of removable prosthesis (mean ± sd)		5.4 ± 8.9	6.1 ± 2.2*
CARIES VARIABLES
No healthy unfilled teeth		r = -0.04	r = 0.26**
No teeth with caries requiring extraction		r = 0.17**	r = -0.10*
No visible teeth with caries		r = 0.11**	r = -0.15**
No healthy filled teeth		r = -0.02	r = 0.09*
No healthy filled visible teeth		r = -0.04	r = -0.15**
Decayed Missing and Filled Teeth (DMFT) Index		r = 0.04	r = -0.27**
Need for restorative treatment		rs = 0.1*	rs = 0.1*
PERIODONTAL VARIABLES
No sextants with CPITN score of 0		r = -0.08	r = 0.13**
No sextants with dental mobility =	0	r = -0.09*	r = 0.15**
	1	r = 0.02	r = -0.03
	2	r = 0.11**	r = -0.10*
	3	r = 0.07	r = -0.11*

Mann-Whitney Test for "Gender" and prosthetic groups. Correlation for the remainder (r = Pearson; r_s = Spearman)

* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001