Table 3.
Oral health impacts for children with no visible caries dmft = 0 and some visible caries dmft > 0
| Never/hardly ever | Occasionally/often/very often | Don’t know/NA | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dmft = 0 | dmft > 0 | dmft = 0 | dmft > 0 | dmft = 0 | dmft > 0 | |||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Child impacts | ||||||||||||
| Pain in the teeth, mouth or jaw | 170 | 76.9 | 51 | 23.1 | 6 | 22.2 | 21 | 77.8 | 2 | 66.6 | 1 | 33.3 |
| Difficulty drink hot or cold drinks | 174 | 73.7 | 62 | 26.3 | 2 | 18.2 | 9 | 81.8 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Difficulty eating some foods | 175 | 74.5 | 60 | 25.5 | 3 | 20.0 | 12 | 80.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 |
| Difficulty pronouncing some words | 175 | 72.6 | 66 | 27.4 | 3 | 42.9 | 4 | 57.1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 100 |
| Missed preschool | 176 | 72.1 | 68 | 27.9 | 1 | 20.0 | 4 | 80.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 |
| Trouble sleeping | 175 | 72.9 | 65 | 26.4 | 2 | 22.2 | 7 | 77.8 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 |
| Been irritable or frustrated | 177 | 74.7 | 60 | 25.3 | 1 | 8.3 | 11 | 91.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100 |
| Avoided smiling or laughing | 176 | 73.3 | 64 | 26.7 | 1 | 14.3 | 6 | 85.7 | 1 | 25.0 | 3 | 75.0 |
| Avoided talking | 176 | 72.1 | 68 | 27.9 | 1 | 20.0 | 4 | 80.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 |
| Family impacts | ||||||||||||
| Felt upset | 173 | 73.3 | 63 | 26.7 | 4 | 30.8 | 9 | 69.2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 |
| Felt guilty | 169 | 75.1 | 56 | 24.9 | 8 | 33.3 | 16 | 66.7 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 |
| Taken time off work | 175 | 74.5 | 60 | 25.5 | 3 | 21.4 | 11 | 78.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 |
| Had a financial impact on your family | 177 | 72.8 | 66 | 27.8 | 1 | 14.3 | 6 | 85.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 |
309 parents/caregiver observations were recorded, of whom 187 had children with dmft = 0, 73 dmft > 0 and 58 unknown dmft