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Distribution of the decayed teeth of students by tooth type (N = 823) (percentages in parenthesis).
| Location | Molars | Premolars | Anterior | Total | ||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
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| Upper jaw | 254 | (65.9) | 72 | (18.7) | 59 | (15.4) | 385 | (46.8) |
| Lower jaw | 399 | (91.1) | 17 | (3.9) | 22 | (5.0) | 438 | (53.2) |
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| Total | 653 | (79.3) | 89 | (10.8) | 81 | (9.8) | 823 | (100.0) |
