Table 2.

β-coefficient (β) and standard error (SE) for the associations of socio-demographic and behavioral factors, as well as justifiable economic factors with mean decayed, missing and filled teeth (dmft/DMFT) among 6-and 12-year-old Iranian children in the National Oral Health survey 2016

	Age
	6 years old		12 years old
	dmft		DMFT
	β (SE)	P- value	β (SE)	P-value
Individual level
Female	−0.045 (0.008)	< 0.001	0.141 (0.014)	< 0.001
Increased fathers’ Education level	− 0.022 (0.003)	< 0.001	0.003 (0.004)	0.528
Increased mothers’ Education level	0.006 (0.003)	0.058	−0.043 (0.005)	< 0.001
Rural	0.024 (0.009)	0.008	0.026 (0.016)	0.109
Toothbrush	0.007 (0.016)	0.656	−0.091 (0.026)	0.001
Dental floss	−0.052 (0.012)	< 0.001	0.029 (0.017)	0.084
More than once a day Tooth brushing	−0.078 (0.008)	< 0.001	−0.038 (0.014)	0.008
Preventive care	−0.083 (0.010)	< 0.001	−0.206 (0.022)	< 0.001
Provincial level
Increased Gini coefficient	0.162 (0.100)	0.106	0.589 (0.180)	0.001
Number of dentist	0.271 (0.086)	0.002	−0.130 (0.150)	0.387
Increased Log GDP	−0.176 (0.011)	< 0.001	−0.283 (0.019)	< 0.001
Increased consumer price index (CPI)	0.001 (0.000)	< 0.001	0.004 (0.000)	< 0.001
_cons	3.510 (0.142)	< 0.001	2.603 (0.252)	< 0.001