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Table 2 Average TOCE and prevalence of untreated decay on permanent teeth, by visit

From: Comparative effectiveness of school-based caries prevention: a prospective cohort study

 

All (n = 8207)

Exposed (n = 6584)

Unexposed (n = 1623)

 

mean

SD

mean

SD

mean

SD

TOCE

 Baseline

2.06

2.72

2.19

2.83

1.55

2.13

 Visit 1

2.68

3.18

2.82

3.31

2.04

2.44

 Visit 2

3.32

3.58

3.55

3.72

2.28

2.63

 Visit 3

3.66

3.71

3.88

3.84

2.58

2.75

 Visit 4

3.98

3.74

4.27

3.87

2.77

2.73

 Visit 5

4.27

3.81

4.60

3.91

2.72

2.82

 Visit 6

4.81

3.87

5.44

3.97

2.98

2.93

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

Untreated decay

 Baseline

755

9.20

614

9.33

141

8.69

 Visit 1

457

7.31

379

7.42

78

6.84

 Visit 2

280

8.82

226

8.72

54

9.29

 Visit 3

152

7.13

127

7.15

25

7.00

 Visit 4

72

6.90

52

6.16

20

10.00

 Visit 5

18

3.24

16

3.49

2

2.06

 Visit 6

11

6.01

7

5.15

4

8.51

  1. Note: TOCE total observed caries experience