Table 3 Dental caries and odontogenic infections in the primary dentition of 8-year-olds with and without caries experience in the permanent dentition

Number

608

584

24

Caries prevalence (%) [95 % CI]

48.8 [44.9–52.8]

47.3 [43.2–51.3]

87.5 [69.0–95.7]

<0.001⁺

dmft x ± SD

2.1 ± 2.8

1.9 ± 2.7

5.5 ± 3.1

<0.001*

dt x ± SD

0.9 ± 1.7

0.8 ± 1.6

2.9 ± 3.3

0.006*

mt x ± SD

0.3 ± 1.0

0.3 ± 1.0

1.3 ± 1.4

0.003*

ft x ± SD

0.8 ± 1.6

0.8 ± 1.6

1.4 ± 2.0

0.172

pufa prevalence (%) [95 % CI]

16.6 [13.9–19.8]

15.6 [12.9–18.7]

41.7 [24.5–61.2]

0.003⁺

pufa x ± SD

0.3 ± 0.9

0.3 ± 0.8

1.5 ± 2.4

0.015*

p x ± SD

0.3 ± 0.9

0.3 ± 0.7

1.5 ± 2.4

0.021*

u x ± SD

0.0 ± 0.1

0.0 ± 0.1

0.1 ± 0.4

0.390

f x ± SD

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 0.0

-

a x ± SD

0.0 ± 0.1

0.0 ± 0.1

0.0 ± 0.0

0.774