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. 2010 Jul;4(3):270–279.

Table 3a.

Number of caries surfaces (Percentage of total caries surfaces) according to gender. Teeth on left and right sites have been combined.

Maxillary tooth Gender Distal Mesial Palatinal Labial/Buccal Cervical Incisal/Occlusal Pit on the buccal Occlusal fissur
1 Female 63 (48.8) 82 (63.6) 65 (50.4) 24 (18.6) 2 (1.6) 8 (6.2) - -
Male 50 (44.6) 61 (54.5) 42 (37.5) 26 (23.2) 9 (8) 4 (3.6) - -

2 Female 73 (50.7) 79 (54.9) 71 (49.3) 50 (34.7) 4 (2.8) 9 (6.3) - -
Male 18 (21.2) 55 (64.7) 35 (41.2) 30 (35.3) 4 (4.7) 5 (5.9) - -

3 Female 51 (71.8) 22 (31) 26 (36.6) 13 (18.3) 5 (7) 3 (4.2) - -
Male 31 (79.5) 7 (17.9) 14 (35.9) 5 (12.8) 5 (12.8) 2 (5.1) - -

4 Female 60 (66.7) 26 (28.9) 2 (2.2) 4 (4.4) 0 (0) 47 (52.2) - 5 (5.6)
Male 57 (69.5) 16 (19.5) 3 (3.7) 3 (3.7) 1 (1.2) 35 (42.7) - 7 (8.5)

5 Female 57 (59.4) 38 (39.6) 3 (3.1) 3 (3.1) - 31 (32.3) - 7 (7.3)
Male 54 (59.3) 37 (40.7) 3 (3.3) 4 (4.4) - 34 (37.4) - 8 (8.8)

6 Female 20 (12.1) 47 (28.5) 8 (4.8) 7 (4.2) - 44 (26.7) 8 (4.8) 94 (57)
Male 16 (14.5) 33 (30) 8 (7.3) 10 (9.1) - 38 (34.5) 9 (8.2) 51 (46.4)

7 Female 21 (12.7) 13 (7.9) 9 (5.5) 9 (5.5) 1 (0.6) 34 (20.6) 7 (4.2) 108 (65.5)
Male 11 (10.1) 24 (22) 2 (1.8) 4 (3.7) 0 (0) 28 (25.7) 5 (4.6) 59 (54.1)