TABLE 4.

Number of teeth and permanent decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMFT) in the dentate study population (N = 4,218).

CHARACTERISTIC	NUMBER OF TEETH		NUMBER OF DECAYED TEETH		NUMBER OF MISSING TEETH		NUMBER OF FILLED TEETH		DMFT
	Mean (SD*)	P	Mean (SD)	P	Mean (SD)	P	Mean (SD)	P	Mean (SD)	P
Sex†
Male	21.4 (7.0)	.17	1.0 (2.2)	.07	6.6 (7.0)	.17	7.3 (5.5)	.25	13.9 (7.8)	.98
Female	21.2 (7.0)		1.0 (2.3)		6.8 (7.0)		7.1 (5.4)		13.9 (7.6)
Age, Years‡
20–39	25.9 (3.5)		1.2 (2.7)		2.1 (3.5)		6.8 (5.7)		9.1 (6.9)
40–59	21.1 (6.5)	< .01	1.0 (2.0)	<.01	6.9 (6.5)	< .01	8.0 (5.5)	< .01	14.8 (7.2)	< .01
60 or older	15.1 (7.4)		0.8 (1.7)		12.9 (7.4)		5.5 (4.6)		18.3 (6.7)
TOTAL	21.4 (7.0)	NA§	1.0 (2.2)	NA	6.7 (7.0)	NA	7.2 (5.5)	NA	13.9 (7.7)	NA

^*SD: Standard deviation.

^†P values for sex derived from Mann-Whitney U tests.

^‡P values for age derived from Kruskal-Wallis tests.

^§NA: Not applicable.