Table 2.

Prevalence of caries, percentage of dental services utilization, and demographic data collected by age

Age (years)	Study years	Types of teeth	Population with at least one cavity (%)	Index of the average number of decayed, missing or filled teeth (dmft or DMFT) (A)	Percentage of dental services utilization within the past year (B)	Total population in Quebec in 2010 (C)	Estimated population consulting for a cavity during the past year D = (B x C)	Number of teeth restored E = (A x D)
5	1998	Primary	38.9	1.77	85.6	77,644	66,463.30	117,640.04
6	1998	Primary	46.4	2.24	85.3	77,540	66,141.60	148,157.18
7	1998	Primary	52.8	2.42	90.7	76,493	69,379.20	167,897.66
8	1998	Primary	58.2	2.83	90.8	77,436	70,311.90	198,982.68
Total 5–8 years						309,113	272,295.90	632,677.57
11	1996	Permanent	53.6	1.55	86.3	79,373	68,498.90	106,173.30
12	1996	Permanent	63.8	2.15	81.9	82,127	67,262.00	144,613.30
13	1996	Permanent	71.8	2.59	81.8	87,047	71,204.40	184,419.40
14	1996	Permanent	74.6	3.21	78.4	91,134	71,449.10	229,351.61
Total 11–14 years						339,681	278,414.40	664,557.60
Total 35–44 years	1994	Permanent	96	20	69	1,049,556	724,193.60	14,483,872.00
Total Quebec						7,905,679