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Caries prevalence of each tooth based on gender. The mandibular second deciduous molars (teeth 85) accounted for 51.6% of caries prevalence among the children. There was a significantly higher rate of caries prevalence in mandibular deciduous molars (49.0%) than in maxillary deciduous molars (38.1%). Among the newly erupted permanent first molars, teeth 36 and 46 were found with the highest caries prevalence of 15.8 and 15.0%, respectively
