Table 4.
Population-level distribution of tooth loss (MT) in Germany from 1997 to 2014; (a) 35- to 44-year-olds, (b) 65- to 74-year-olds.
| Mean MT | Prevalence (%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MT = 0 | MT = 1 | MT = 2 | MT = 3 | MT = 4 | MT = 5 | MT = 6 | MT = 7 | |||
| (a) 35 to 44 years old | ||||||||||
| Anterior teeth | DMS III (1997) | 2.2 | 40.5 | 18.2 | 12.5 | 6.6 | 8.7 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| DMS IV (2005) | 1.4 | 52.8 | 17.5 | 12.0 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | |
| DMS V (2014) | 1.0 | 62.8 | 14.2 | 10.2 | 3.9 | 5.9 | .9 | .6 | 0 | |
| Posterior teeth | DMS III (1997) | 2.13 | 29.0 | 19.5 | 16.9 | 13.0 | 9.8 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
| DMS IV (2005 | 1.46 | 43.4 | 18.9 | 14.5 | 10.2 | 5.7 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1.2 | |
| DMS V (2014) | .93 | 59.1 | 16.1 | 11.6 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | .7 | .4 | |
| (b) 65 to 74 years old | ||||||||||
| Anterior teeth | DMS III (1997) | 11.7 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| DMS IV (2005) | 9.0 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 8.5 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 3.6 | |
| DMS V (2014) | 6.3 | 16.7 | 12.6 | 12.8 | 8.7 | 6.7 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | |
| Posterior teeth | DMS III (1997) | 6.4 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 7.4 | 8.6 | 9.9 | 10.9 |
| DMS IV (2005) | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 9.8 | 1.0 | 8.1 | |
| DMS V (2014) | 4.4 | 8.4 | 9.8 | 8.9 | 11.2 | 12.7 | 11.5 | 8.6 | 8.0 | |