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Table 1 Background characteristics of the caries active (CA) and caries inactive (CI) of participating patients (for details, see references [13, 15])

From: Patient-reported negative experiences related to caries and its treatment among Swedish adult patients

 

CA

 

CI

  
 

n

%

n

%

p

Gender

     

 Men

24

27

9

28

0.93

 Women

64

73

23

72

  

Mean ± SD

 

Mean ± SD

 

Age

88

39.5 ± 6.2

32

41.0 ± 6.3

0.27

Follow up time of dental records

87

16.5 ± 6.8

30

18.3 ± 6.4

0.22

Caries active time

87

9.9 ± 4.7

30

1.7 ± 2.1

<0.001

Caries active time/ Follow up time

87

0.6 ± 0.2

30

0.1 ± 0.1

< 0.001

DT per year

87

1.0 ± 0.6

30

0.1 ± 0.1

< 0.001

Number of examinations

87

12.3 ± 5.7

30

10.8 ± 4.2

0.18

Number of dentist performing the examinations

87

5.3 ± 2.5

30

5.1 ± 2.4

0.68

  1. DT number of decayed teeth