Table 1.
Dental caries profile in the first permanent molars among 5- and 6-year-old Lithuanian children.
| Age Group, n | DF-S (WHO) |
DF-S (Nyvad) |
Decayed Surfaces (Nyvad Criteria) | Filled Surfaces | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Active, Noncavitated | Active, Cavitated | Inactive, Noncavitated | Inactive, Cavitated | ||||
| M (SD), Median (IQR 25%–75%) | ||||||||
| 5-year-olds | 0.33 (1.02) | 1.01 (2.17) | 1.01 (2.17) | 0.63 (1.54) | 0.33 (1.02) | 0.05 (0.45) | 0 | 0 |
| n = 79 | 0 (0–0.0) * | 0 (0–0.0) * | 0 (0–0.0) * | 0 (0–0.0) | 0 (0–0.0) * | 0 (0–0.0) * | ||
| 6-year-olds | 0.81 (1.48) | 1.95 (3.05) | 1.84 (2.93) | 0.95 (2.06) | 0.67 (0.28) | 0.19 (0.90) | 0.03 (0.27) | 0.11 (0.7) |
| n = 374 | 0 (0–1.0) | 0 (0–3.0) | 0 (0–3.0) | 0 (0–1.0) | 0 (0–1.0) | 0 (0–0.0) | 0 (0–0.0) | 0 (0–0.0) * |
| p value | <0.001 | 0.002 | 0.004 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.34 | 0.003 |
| 5–6-year-olds | 0.73 (1.42) | 1.79 (2.93) | 1.7 (2.83) | 0.89 (1.98) | 0.61 (1.24) | 0.17 (0.84) | 0.02 (0.24) | 0.09 (0.64) |
| n = 453 | 0 (0–1.0) | 0 (0–3.0) | 0 (0–3.0) | 0 (0–1.0) | 0 (0–1.0) | 0 (0–0.0) | 0 (0–0.0) | 0 (0–0.0) |
* p < 0.05, statistically significant difference between 5- and 6-year-olds, Mann-Whitney U test. DF-S, decayed and filled surfaces; WHO, World Health Organization; M (SD), mean (standard deviation); IQR, interquartile range.