Table 4.
Comparison of mean decayed, filled, and missing teeth scores among the school children based on their mothers’ educational status.
| Mothers education | Tribal | Suburban | Urban | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (206) | DMFT (Mean±SD) | N (411) | DMFT (Mean±SD) | N (411) | DMFT (Mean ± SD) | |
| Basic school | 51 | 2.53±1.983 | 98 | 2.38±1.665 | 161 | 1.14±1.381 |
| Below 10th | 22 | 2.73±1.420 | 97 | 2.47±1.588 | 92 | 1.35±1.456 |
| Higher secondary | 9 | 2.67±2.121 | 94 | 2.60±1.839 | 63 | 1.65±1.547 |
| Graduate/post graduate | 7 | 3.86±2.478 | 14 | 2.29±1.684 | 12 | 0.67±0.888 |
| Illiterate | 117 | 3.02±1.903 | 108 | 2.26±1.769 | 83 | 0.98±1.179 |
| P value* | 0.356 | 0.803 | 0.018 | |||
*ANOVA test.