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. 2011 May 26;11:45. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-11-45

Table 4.

CS Child-OIDP scores for dental caries, periodontal disease, and malocclusion in children from Dar es Salaam with and without various types of treatment needs

Mean CS OIDP (SD) Effect size§ OIDP > 0% (n) OIDP = 0% (n) Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Dental caries
DMFT = 0 0.1 (0.5) 7.8 (97) 92.2 (1152) 1
DMFT > 0 0.7 (1.2)** 0.8 31.3 (110)** 68.8 (242) 5.4 (3.9-7.3) a
DT = 0 0.1 (0.5) 9.2 (123) 90.8 (1218) 1
DT > 0 0.7 (1.3)** 0.7 32.3 (84)** 67.7 (176) 4.7 (3.4-6.5) a
MT = 0 0.2 (0.6) 10.6 (153) 89.4 (1289) 1
MT > 0 0.7 (1.3)** 0.7 34.0 (54)** 66.0 (105) 4.2 (2.9-6.2) a
Periodontal
OHI-S < 1.0 (good) 0.3 (0.9) 14.1 (148) 85.9 (904) 1
OHI-S ≥ 1.0 (poor) 0.4 (0.9) 14.2 (78) 85.8 (471) 0.9 (0.7-1.3) a
Plaque: good (PL < 0.7) 0.2 (0.8) 13.0 (96) 87.0 (645) 1
Plaque: poor (PL ≥ 0.7) 0.4 (1.0)* 0.1 15.1 (130) 1.2 (0.8-1.2) a
Calculus: good (calc. < 0.7) 0.3 (0.8) 14.1 (198) 85.9 (1210) 1
Calculus: poor (calc. ≥ 0.7) 0.4 (1.0) 14.5 (28) 85.5 (165) 0.6 (0.1-1.5) a
Malocclusion 84.9 (730)
SMO = 0 (at least one malocclusion diagnosed) 0.01 (0.2) 0.4 (2) 99.6 (564) 1
SMO > 0 (more than one malocclusion diagnosed) 0.07 (0.5)* 0.1 3.6 (37)** 96.4 (998) 10.9 (2.6-45.8) a
Open bite: absent 0.04 (0.3) 2.2 (29) 97.8 (1315) 1
Open bite: ≥ 2 mm 0.07 (0.4) 0.1 3.9 (10) 96.1 (247) 1.9 (1.0-4.0) a
Maxill. overjet: absent 0.03 (0.3) 1.4 (17) 98.6 (1157) 1
Maxill. overjet: ≥ 5 mm 0.2 (0.6)** 0.3 7.0 (13)** 93.0 (172) 5.4 (2.5-11.6) a
Mand. overjet: absent 0.04 (0.3) 2.0 (30) 98.0 (1436) 1
Mand. overjet: > 0 mm 0.2 (0.6)* 0.2 6.7 (9)* 93.3 (126) 3.2 (1.5-7.1) a
Midline shift: absent 0.04 (0.3) 1.9 (23) 98.1 (1217) 1
Midline shift: ≥ 2 mm 0.09 (0.5)** 0.1 4.4 (16)* 95.6 (345) 2.5 (1.3-4.9) a
Crowding: absent 0.02 (0.2) 1.2 (17) 98.8 (1359) 1
Crowding: present 0.2 (0.7)** 0.5 9.8 (22)** 90.2 (203) 8.8 (4.5-16.9) a

aAdjusted OR for study site and socio-demographic factors, such as age, sex, residence, and religion

**P < 0.001, *P < 0.05

§Effect size of mean differences