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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 7.
Published in final edited form as: Br Dent J. 2016 Sep 23;221(6):315–320. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2016.682

Table 1. Proportion of 12 and 15 year olds with clinical and obvious decay experience in permanent teeth and its components and mean number of teeth affected.

12 year olds 15 year olds
Proportion with clinical decay experience (including visual enamel caries) 57 63
Proportion with obvious decay experience (including visual dentine caries) 34 46
Proportion with untreated obvious decay (visual and cavitated dentine caries) 19 21
Proportion with restored teeth 20 35
Proportion with teeth missing due to decay 4 6
Mean number of teeth with clinical decay experience (including visual enamel caries) 2.0 2.9
Mean number of teeth with obvious decay experience (including visual dentine caries) 0.8 1.4