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Prevalence of arrested caries in maxillary and mandibular teeth
| Fluoride level of the area | Maxillary teeth | Mandibular teeth | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of carious teeth | No. of teeth with arrested caries | % of teeth with arrested caries | No. of carious teeth | No. of teeth with arrested caries | % of teeth with arrested caries | |
| Low | 1035 | 25 | 2.42% | 1106 | 85 | 7.69% |
| Moderate | 791 | 15 | 1.90% | 1027 | 40 | 3.89% |
| High | 639 | 170 | 26.60% | 701 | 264 | 37.66% |
| X2 | 362.158 | 457.08 | ||||
| p value | < 0.001** | < 0.001** | ||||
**Highly significant
