Table 2. Description and correlation of clinically determined and self-reported Decayed, Missing and Filled Teeth (DMFT) index of members of 1993 birth cohort at 18 years of age, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 2012.
Clinical Mean (95% CI) | Self-reported ean (95% CI) | Intraclass correlation coefficient | p-value | |
DMFT | 2.06 (1.92; 2.21) | 1.75 (1.68; 1.82) | 0.50 | <0.001 |
Decayed component | 0.79 (0.71; 0.88) | 0.63 (0.59; 0.67) | 0.43 | <0.001 |
Missing component | 0.33 (0.29; 0.38) | 0.28 (0.25; 0.30) | 0.61 | <0.001 |
Filled component | 0.94 (0.84; 1.04) | 0.84 (0.79; 0.89) | 0.58 | <0.001 |