Table 2.
Oral health status within the distinct age groups.
| Variables | Age groups | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5–7 yrs (n=51) | 8–10 yrs (n=66) | 11–13 yrs (n=39) | 6 yrs (n=28) | 12 yrs (n=10) | 5–13 yrs (n=156) | |
| Global caries prevalence (DMFT or dft > 1) (% of subjects) | 74.5 | 74.2 | 59.0 | 75.0 | 50.0 | 70.5 |
| Caries prevalence in permanent dentition (% of subjects) | 7.8 | 34.8 | 41.0 | 7.1 | 50.0 | 27.6 |
| Caries prevalence in deciduous dentition (% of subjects) | 72.5 | 60.6 | 25.6 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 55.8 |
| DMFT (mean ± SD)††a,b,c | 0.1 ± 0.4 | 0.7 ± 1.1 | 1.8 ± 3.1 | 0.1 ± 0.5 | 1.6 ± 2.6 | 0.8 ± 1.8 |
| Decayed permanent teeth (mean ± SD)††a,b,c | 0.1 ± 0.4 | 0.7 ± 1.0 | 1.5 ± 2.8 | 0.1 ± 0.5 | 1.4 ± 2.5 | 0.7 ± 1.7 |
| Missing permanent teeth (mean ± SD) | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.1 | 0.1 ± 0.2 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.1 |
| Filled permanent teeth (mean ± SD)†(a/b),c | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.2 ± 0.8 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.2 ± 0.6 | 0.1 ± 0.4 |
| IR (mean ± SD) | 0.6 ± 4.7 | 2.8 ± 13.6 | 4.2 ± 14.2 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 5.0 ± 15.8 | 2.5 ± 11.6 |
| DMFM (mean ± SD)††a,(b/c) | 0.1 ± 0.4 | 0.6 ± 0.9 | 0.9 ± 1.4 | 0.1 ± 0.5 | 1.1 ± 1.7 | 0.5 ± 1.0 |
| dft (mean ± SD)††a,c | 3.2 ± 3.6 | 2.2 ± 2.5 | 0.9 ± 2.2 | 3.2 ± 2.9 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 2.2 ± 2.9 |
| CPI 0 = healthy sextants (mean ± SD)††a,(b/c) | 4.0 ± 2.5 | 5.8 ± 0.6 | 5.5 ± 1.0 | 2.8 ± 2.7 | 5.4 ± 1.4 | 5.1 ± 1.8 |
| CPI 1 = bleeding sextants (mean ± SD) | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.4 | 0.1 ± 0.4 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.1 ± 0.3 |
| CPI 2 = sextants with calculus (mean ± SD)††(a/b,c) | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.3 | 0.4 ± 0.9 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.6 ± 1.4 | 0.1 ± 0.5 |
DMFT: mean of decayed, missing, and filled permanent teeth; IR: index of restoration for the filled teeth (permanent and deciduous); DMFM: mean of decayed, missing, and filled first permanent molars; dft: mean of decayed and filled primary teeth; CPI: community periodontal index. †Statistically significant intergroup comparisons according to ANOVA test (p < 0.05). ††Statistically significant intergroup comparisons according to ANOVA test (p < 0.01). a,b,cThe letters beside the symbol “†” indicate the subgroups (a = 5–7 yrs; b = 8–10 yrs; and c = 11–13 yrs) that are statistically different after post hoc Bonferroni correction.