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Table 4 Daily activities affected by tooth problems and significant findings in associated caries indices

From: Oral health and the impact of socio-behavioural factors in a cross sectional survey of 12-year old school children in Laos

Quality of life dimension

n

Problems encountered with activity or not

dDT

mMT

fFT

dmft-DMFT

Eating

289

Problem

2.2***

0.3**

0.1

2.7***

 

332

No problem

1.4

0.2

0.2

1.7

Smiling

90

Problem

2.3*

0.3

0.2

2.8**

 

531

No problem

1.7

0.2

0.1

2.1

Sleeping

67

Problem

2.3*

0.4

0.3

2.9**

 

554

No problem

1.7

0.2

0.1

2.1

  1. *p < 0.05 **p < 0.01 ***p < 0.001
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