Table 2 Number of teeth and caries experience (DMFT > 0) among 12-years-old school children in Khartoum state, Sudan; mean (SD)

PM

24 (4.8)

24 (4.9)

24 (4.9)

24 (4.9)

DT

0.37 (0.83)*

0.49 (1.09)*

0.43 (0.97)

0.38 (0.87)

MT

0.03 (0.25)*

0.03 (0.19)*

0.03 (0.23)

0.03 (0.25)

FT

0.01 (0.09)*

0.05 (0.34)*

0.03 (0.25)

0.014 (0.15)

Caries experience # in first molars only

0.31 (0.72)*

0.37 (0.75)*

(0.34) (0.73)

0.32 (0.72)

DMFT

0.40 (0.92)*

0.57 (1.19)*

0.49 (1.06)

0.42 (1.0)

SiC

1.40

1.60

1.40

1.40

GI

1.05 (0.13)*

1.04 (0.13)*

1.04 (0.13)

1.05 (0.13)

PI

1.30 (0.36)*

1.20 (0.30)*

1.30 (0.33)

1.30 (0.35)