Table 1.
Summary of findings of important oral health conditions by age in India.8
| Findings | Age in years | ||||
| 5 | 12 | 15 | 35–44 | 65–74 | |
| Oral disease conditions | |||||
| Mean number of teeth present in mouth | 19.9 | 27.1 | 27.9 | 30.0 | 19.1 |
| Dental Caries | |||||
| % Prevalence | 50.0 | 52.5 | 61.4 | 79.2 | 84.7 |
| Mean DMFT | 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 5.2 | 14.6 |
| SiC Index | 5.3 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 10.6 | 29.5 |
| Periodontal disease | |||||
| Bleeding, calculus or pockets | |||||
| % Prevalence | NA | NA | 66.2 | 89.2 | 79.4 |
| Mean no of Sextants affected | NA | NA | 2.8 | 4.5 | 2.9 |
| Loss of attachment | |||||
| % Prevalence | NA | NA | 7.7 | 42.2 | 60.6 |
| Mean no of Sextants affected | NA | NA | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| Malocclusion (%) | 0.6 | 23.6 | 23.9 | 42.0 | NA |
| Dental Fluorosis (%) | 5.8 | 12.1 | 11.8 | 9.3 | 5.2 |
| Oral mucosal conditions (%) | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 7.3 | 10.0 |
| Oral Cancer (%) | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Edentulousness (%) | NA | NA | NA | 0.8 | 29.3 |