Table 2.
Dental status of HD participants and controls assessed by the DMFT score (1938) for decayed, missing and filled teeth and Plaque indices score after Silness and Loe (1964)
| HD | Controls | Significance | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
DMFT decayed |
2.98±3.10 |
0.71±1.09 |
< 0.05 |
| |
(0–10) |
(0–4) |
|
|
DMFT missing |
4.88±6.84 |
4.12±5.83 |
NS |
| |
(0–28) |
(0–28) |
|
|
DMFT filled teeth |
10.29±5.43 |
12.02±5.02 |
NS |
| |
(0–22) |
(0–23) |
|
|
DMFT sum score |
18.14±6.13 |
16.88±6.06 |
NS |
| |
(6–28) |
(3–28) |
|
|
Plaque Indices Ia) |
1.88±0.89 |
0.95±0.62 |
< 0.05 |
| |
(0.14-3.0) |
(0–2.60) |
|
|
Plaque Indices IIa) |
1.92±0.89 |
1.15±0.64 |
< 0.05 |
| (0.14-3.0) | (0–2.50) |
a)Plaque indices were assessed for only 41 HD participants.