Table 1.

Prevalence and severity of dental caries in some developing and developed countries

Place, (Study)	Sample = N	Caries Prevalence	Caries severity
	(Age in years)
Saudi Arabia (Al-Malik et al., 2001) [19]	987 (2–5)	73 %	34 % had rampant caries
Amman, Jordan, (Sayegh et al., 2005) [20]	1,140 (4–5)	67 %	31 % had dmft >4
Al Ain, UAE (Al-Hosani and Rugg-Gunn, 1998) [21]	640 (2,4,5)	2yo = 32 %	Mean dmft =7.6
		4yo = 77 %
		5yo = 89 %
Ajman, UAE (Hashim et al., 2006) [22]	1,297 (5–6)	76 %	Mean dmft = 4.4 (4.3)
Kosovo (Begzati et al., 2010) [23]	1,008 (1–6)	86 %	Mean dmft = 5.8
Australia (Centre for Oral Health Strategy, 2009) [24]	7,975 (5–12), 981 (5)	40 %	dmft = 1.6
New Hampshire USA (Anderson et al., 2010) [25]	607 (3–5)	40 %	30 % had dmft >1
UK (Davies et al., 2011) [26]
Scotland	12,442 (5)	29-48 %	dmft = 1.2- 2.1
England	139,727	31 %	dmft = 1.1
Wales	12,662	-	dmft = 2.0

dmft Number of decayed, missing and filled primary teeth