Table 1.

Descriptive analysis of sociodemographic characteristics and oral status of 1,063 12-year-old Thai children

Characteristics	Values
Sex, %
Male	49.6
Female	50.4
Region, %
Bangkok	14.0
Central	20.7
North	20.2
South	16.0
Northeast	29.1
Area of residence, %
Municipal	43.0
Rural	57.0
School type, %
Public	90.3
Private	9.7
Oral status
Incidence of caries (DMFT > 0), %	58.8
DMFT scores, range	0–17
DMFT score, mean ± SD	1.6 ± 2.1
Untreated decay (DT > 0), %	41.9
DT scores, range	0–17
DT score, mean ± SD	0.9 ± 1.6
Missing teeth due to caries (MT > 0), %	5.9
MT scores, range	0–4
MT score, mean ± SD	0.07 ± 0.3
Filled teeth (FT > 0), %	29.4
FT scores, range	0–10
FT score, mean ± SD	0.7 ± 1.3
Periodontal disease (1,2,5)*, %	79.3
Sextants, range	0–6
Sextants, mean ± SD	2.7 ± 2.1
Gingivitis, no calculus (1)*, %	57.8
Sextants, range	0–6
Sextants, mean ± SD	1.4 ± 1.6
Calculus, no gingivitis (2)*, %	33.8
Sextants, range	0–5
Sextants, mean ± SD	0.6 ± 1.0
Calculus with gingivitis (5)*, %	33.2
Sextants, range	0–6
Sextants, mean ± SD	0.7 ± 1.3
Fluorosis, %	4.0

DMFT, decayed, missing and filled teeth; DT, decayed teeth; MT, missing teeth; FT, filled teeth; SD, standard deviation.

^*1 = gingivitis without calculus; 2 = calculus without gingivitis; 5 = calculus with gingivitis.