Table 3 Comparative consideration of studies with similar populations/age limits with regard to the DMF/T value
From: Outpatient dental care for people with disabilities under general anaesthesia in Switzerland
|  | Current analysis (Mean 37.8 years) | DMS V [53] n = 966 (35–44 year olds) | DMS V [54] (65–74 year olds) | Schulte et al. (2011) [55] n = 420 (median age 30.8 years ±10.2 years) | Schulte et al. (2013) [56] n = 428 (median age 35,5 years ±11.0 years) | Cichon und Donay(2004) [57] n = 745 (total in all age groups) (mentally disabled 41.2%, physically disabled 16.5%, mentally-physically disabled 42.3%) | Schnorrenberg (2010) [58] n = 1100 (mentally disabled, physically disabled, mentally-physically disabled) | ||||||||||||
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younger seniors (total) n = 1042 | severely disabled younger seniors n = 199 | age [years] | age [years] | age [years] | age [years] | ||||||||||||||
18–24 | 25–34 | 35–44 | 45–70 | 18–24 | 25–34 | 35–44 | 45–54 | 55–64 | 35–44 (n = 128) | ≥45 (n = 66) | 25–34 | 35–44 | 45–54 | > 54 | |||||
DT | 1.6–3.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.01 | 1.11 | 0.86 | 0.82 | 1.69 | 2.15 | 1.82 | 2.24 | 2.45 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
MT | 2.1–4.1 | 2.1 | 11.4 | 14.5 | 0.51 | 1.81 | 4.15 | 11.75 | 1.44 | 3.00 | 6.11 | 11.51 | 13.32 | 6.9 | 11.1 | 4.8 | 6.8 | 10.6 | 18.5 |
FT | 2.5–5.6 | 8.6 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 2.88 | 5.96 | 8.44 | 6.79 | 3.64 | 4.92 | 5.73 | 4.03 | 2.68 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.2 |
DMF/T | 8.1–9.3 | 11.2 | 17.7 | 19.9 | 4.39 | 8.88 | 13.45 | 19.36 | 6.78 | 10.09 | 13.66 | 17.77 | 18.45 | 16.2 | 18.6 | 11.7 | 14.4 | 17.5 | 21.4 |