Table 1 Prevalence and severity of dental caries in some developing and developed countries

Saudi Arabia (Al-Malik et al., 2001) [19]

987 (2–5)

73 %

34 % had rampant caries

Amman, Jordan, (Sayegh et al., 2005) [20]

1,140 (4–5)

67 %

31 % had dmft >4

Al Ain, UAE (Al-Hosani and Rugg-Gunn, 1998) [21]

640 (2,4,5)

2yo = 32 %

Mean dmft =7.6

4yo = 77 %

5yo = 89 %

Ajman, UAE (Hashim et al., 2006) [22]

1,297 (5–6)

76 %

Mean dmft = 4.4 (4.3)

Kosovo (Begzati et al., 2010) [23]

1,008 (1–6)

86 %

Mean dmft = 5.8

Australia (Centre for Oral Health Strategy, 2009) [24]

7,975 (5–12), 981 (5)

40 %

dmft = 1.6

New Hampshire USA (Anderson et al., 2010) [25]

607 (3–5)

40 %

30 % had dmft >1

UK (Davies et al., 2011) [26]

Scotland

12,442 (5)

29-48 %

dmft = 1.2- 2.1

England

139,727

31 %

dmft = 1.1

Wales

12,662

-

dmft = 2.0