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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Public Health Dent. 2015 May 22;75(4):317–326. doi: 10.1111/jphd.12102

Table 4.

Primary tooth surface caries indices* by year and overall.

Caries
Measure		 2010
(n=48)
Mean (SD†)		 2011
(n=41)
Mean (SD)		 2012
(n=45)
Mean (SD)		 2013
(n=39)
Mean (SD)		 2014
(n=58)
Mean (SD)		 Overall
(n=231)
Mean (SD)
d1+mfs 5.6 (5.9) 4.3 (6.1) 4.8 (5.3) 5.6 (5.7) 5.3 (4.9) 5.2 (5.5)
d1+s 2.9 (3.7) 2.2 (3.2) 2.8 (3.3) 3.0 (3.0) 2.9 (3.1) 2.8 (3.2)
d2+mfs 4.6 (5.3) 3.6 (5.6) 4.7 (7.2) 4.5 (6.1) 4.7 (5.5) 4.5 (6.0)
d2+fs 4.4 (4.9) 3.5 (5.6) 4.4 (6.7) 4.0 (5.7) 4.7 (5.5) 4.2 (5.7)
d2+s 2.0 (3.2) 1.4 (2.9) 2.7 (5.8) 1.8 (2.7) 2.3 (3.7) 2.1 (3.8)
*

Gold standard examiner determined

†

SD = standard deviation