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Table 3 Comparison of caries status among visually impaired and sighted children

From: Dental and medical health status and oral health knowledge among visually impaired and sighted female schoolchildren in Riyadh: a comparative study

Index

Visually Impaired

Sighted

P-value*

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

DMFS

5.16 (8.1)

3.10 (3.7)

0.03

dmfs

9.77 (11.1)

11.90 (12.6)

0.25

DMFT

2.13 (2.63)

2.77 (3.24)

0.53

dmft

4.22 (3.93)

3.91 (3.41)

0.54

  1. SD-Standard deviation DMFS-Decayed, Missing and Filled surface for permanent teeth dmfs-decayed, missing and filled surface for primary teeth DMFT-Decayed, Missing and Filled teeth for permanent teeth dmft-decayed, missing and filled teeth for primary teeth
  2. *P-value for t-test