Table 1.

Epidemiological and clinical data.

	Healthy (n = 85)	Caries (n = 79)	p-Value
Age (years), mean (range)	47 (18–75)	48 (22–76)	0.77
Sex, % M/F	41/59	30/70	0.19
DS, M ° SD	0.7 ± 1.3 (0–6)	2.7 ± 4.1 (0–18)	<0.0001
FS, M ° SD	6.4 ± 6.4 (0–23)	67.0 ± 24.4 (22–110)	<0.0001
DFS, M ° SD	5.5 ± 5.2 (0–19)	57.1 ± 21.2 (20–97)	<0.0001

Statistically significant values shown in bold.

DS, decayed surfaces; SD, standard deviation; FS, filled surfaces.