Table 2.

Oral health status of study sample (n=94)

	Mean	sd
Mean number of teeth (including 3rd molars)	28.1	2.6
Mean probing depth	2.8mm	0.4
Mean percentage of tooth sites with probing depth ≥ 5mm	8.5%	9.4
Mean percentage of tooth sites with bleeding on probing	18.4%	16.9
Mean percentage of tooth sites with probing depth ≥ 5mm + bleeding on probing	5.7%	7.8
Mean Plaque Indexβ score	0.9	0.4
	n	%
% of women with ≥ 5mm probing depth
Present in 0–3 sites	22	23.4
Present in 4–8 sites	28	29.8
Present in 9–12 sites	10	10.6
Present in 13–16 sites	8	8.5
Present in > 16 sites	26	27.7
% of women with bleeding on probing
Present in ≤ 5% sites	14	14.9
Present in > 5–10% sites	20	21.3
Present in > 10–20% sites	35	37.2
Present in > 20% sites	25	26.6
% of women with ≥ 5mm probing depth + bleeding on probing
Present in ≤ 10% sites	77	81.9
Present in > 10–20% sites	9	9.5
Present in > 20% sites	8	8.5
% of women with Plaque Indexβ score ≥ 2
Present in < 50% sites	74	78.7
Present in ≥ 50% sites	20	21.3
% of women with untreated decay	42	44.7

^βSilness & Löe Plaque Index