Table 3. DMFT, dmft, and number of teeth with treatment need, by socio-economic areas and sex.
| Area | Sex | DMFT | Mean number of
permanent teeth with treatment need |
dmft | Mean number of
deciduous teeth with treatment need |
Total number of
teeth with treatment need |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Low-
socioeconomic |
Boys
(N = 43) |
0.56 | 0.33 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| Girls
(N = 69) |
1.14 | 0.84 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 3.0 | |
| Both
(N = 112) |
0.92 | 0.64 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 3.1 | |
|
Middle-
socioeconomic |
Boys
(N = 54) |
1.54 | 1.13 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
| Girls
(N = 47) |
1.62 | 1.13 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 2.8 | |
| Both
(N = 101) |
1.58 | 1.13 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.2 | |
|
High-
socioeconomic |
Boys
(N = 61) |
0.97 | 0.54 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 3.0 |
| Girls
(N = 61) |
1.43 | 1.03 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 2.2 | |
| Both
(N = 122) |
1.20 | 0.79 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 2.6 | |
| Total (N = 335) | 1.22 | 0.84 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.2 | |