Table 2.
Baseline oral health status
| Variable | Total | Number of teeth |
P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≥ 20 | 10-19 | < 10 | |||
| Number | 792 | 470 | 137 | 185 | |
| Remaining teeth, n | 18.69 ± 9.87 | 25.85 ± 2.89∗,† | 14.98 ± 2.98† | 3.25 ± 3.26 | < 0.001 |
| Dentures | 276 (34.8) | 57 (12.1)∗,† | 67 (48.9)† | 152 (82.2) | < 0.001 |
| CPITN, points | 2.20 ± 1.21 | 2.34 ± 1.01∗,† | 2.66 ± 1.09† | 1.46 ± 1.18 | < 0.001 |
| No. of CPITN ≥4 | 137 (17.3) | 68 (14.5)∗ | 44 (32.4) † | 25 (13.6) | 0.001 |
| DMF-T | |||||
| D-T | 0.43 ± 1.35 | 0.47 ± 1.37† | 0.68 ± 1.89† | 0.14 ± 0.59 | 0.001 |
| M-T | 13.33 ± 9.86 | 6.18 ± 2.88∗,† | 17.02 ± 2.98† | 28.76 ± 3.26 | < 0.001 |
| F-T | 7.52 ± 5.73 | 9.52 ± 5.61∗,† | 8.24 ± 4.07† | 1.90 ± 2.54 | < 0.001 |
| Eichner index | < 0.001 | ||||
| Class A | 311 (39.3) | 308 (65.5)∗,† | 3 (2.2)† | 0 (0.0) | |
| Class B | 282 (35.6) | 162 (34.5) | 108 (78.8) | 12 (6.5) | |
| Class C | 199 (25.1) | 0 (0.0) | 26 (19.0) | 173 (93.5) | |
| Prophylactic dental extractions before surgery | 96 (12.1) | 43 (9.1)∗ | 32 (23.4)† | 21 (11.4) | < 0.001 |
Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation or n (%).
CPITN, Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs; DMF-T; decayed, missing, and filled teeth.
∗
Significant difference compared with number of teeth 10-19.
†
Significant difference compared with number of teeth < 10.