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Comparison of mean decayed, filled, and missing teeth scores among the school children based on the presence of television in their home.
| Tribal (206) | Suburban (411) | Urban (411) | Total population (1028) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | DMFT (Mean±SD) | N | DMFT (Mean±SD) | N | DMFT (Mean±SD) | N | DMFT (Mean±SD) | |
| Own TV | 120 | 2.97±1.98 | 349 | 2.41±1.68 | 331 | 1.27±1.37 | 800 | 2.02±1.744 |
| Don’t own TV | 86 | 2.76±1.80 | 62 | 2.47±1.87 | 80 | 1±1.42 | 228 | 2.06±1.872 |
| P value* | 0.42 | 0.81 | 0.13 | 0.756 | ||||
*t-test
