Table 2.
Caries experience among junior primary school-age children (5–7 years old), according to fluoridation status, in 2008, 2010 and 2012
| Fluoridation status | n | dmft |
Caries free |
SiC |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d | m | f | Mean | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI | ||
| 2008 | ||||||||||
| Fluoridated | 825 | 0.92 | 0.20 | 0.29 | 1.40 | 1.22–1.58 | 62.6 | 59.2–65.9 | 4.42 | 4.04–4.81 |
| Newly fluoridated | 781 | 1.42 | 0.03 | 0.41 | 2.02 | 1.80–2.23 | 50.8 | 47.3–54.3 | 5.85 | 5.47–6.22 |
| Unfluoridated | 523 | 1.45 | 0.02 | 0.58 | 2.09 | 1.84–2.35 | 48.6 | 44.3–52.9 | 5.97 | 5.58–6.37 |
| 2010 | ||||||||||
| Fluoridated | 833 | 0.75 | 0.05 | 0.16 | 0.96 | 0.83–1.09 | 68.2 | 65.0–71.4 | 3.12 | 2.84–3.41 |
| Newly fluoridated | 857 | 0.79 | 0.06 | 0.28 | 1.13 | 0.97–1.29 | 68.1 | 65.0–71.3 | 3.70 | 3.33–4.07 |
| Unfluoridated | 594 | 1.44 | 0.13 | 0.49 | 2.06 | 1.79–2.33 | 55.4 | 51.4–59.4 | 6.18 | 5.68–6.68 |
| 2012 | ||||||||||
| Fluoridated | 811 | 0.51 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.69 | 0.57–0.81 | 75.8 | 72.9–78.8 | 2.30 | 1.97–2.62 |
| Newly fluoridated | 844 | 0.54 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.72 | 0.61–0.84 | 74.9 | 72.0–77.8 | 2.40 | 2.10–2.70 |
| Unfluoridated | 612 | 0.86 | 0.08 | 0.27 | 1.21 | 1.03–1.39 | 67.3 | 63.6–71.0 | 3.93 | 3.55–4.32 |
d, decayed primary teeth; dmft, decayed, missing or filled primary teeth index; f, filled primary teeth; m, missing primary teeth; SiC, significant caries index.