Table 2 Oral health parameters of Aboriginal Australians with kidney disease in Central Australia compared with PerioCardio participants and Australian population estimates

Number of teeth

24.34 (22.89, 25.79)^†

26.50 (25.86, 27.14)^†

25.59 (25.38, 25.79)

Number of decayed teeth

3.17 (2.47, 3.87)^†

3.02 (2.64, 3.40)

0.59 (0.53, 0.66)^†

Number of missing teeth

6.40 (4.92, 7.88)^†

3.83 (3.22, 4.44)^†

4.92 (4.68, 5.17)

Number of filled teeth

1.29 (0.81, 1.76)^†

2.87 (2.46, 3.28)^†

8.49 (8.21, 8.78)^†

DMFT

10.86 (9.20, 12.51)^†

9.72 (8.88, 10.56)

14.01 (13.60, 14.42)^†

Mean pocket depth

2.82 (2.63, 3.01)^†

2.32 (2.25, 2.38)^†

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Extent AL ≥ 4 mm (%)

51.03 (42.87, 59.19)^†

21.96 (19.42, 24.50)^†

5.37 (4.93, 5.82)^†

Extent PPD ≥ 4 mm (%)

21.38 (16.14, 26.62)^†

12.26 (10.74, 13.79)^†

1.31 (1.03, 1.59)^†

Extent PPD ≥ 6 mm (%)

3.48 (0.82, 6.14)

1.15 (0.82, 1.48)

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Extent AL ≥ 3 mm & PPD ≥ 4 mm (%)

20.49 (15.41, 25.56)^†

12.10 (10.59, 13.61)^†

1.20 (1.02, 1.38)^†

Extent index sites with calculus (%)^*

88.61 (82.98, 94.24)

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Extent index sites with ‘moderate’/ ‘heavy’ plaque (%)^*

79.39 (70.65, 88.14)

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Extent ‘moderate’/ ‘heavy’ BOP (%)

31.93 (21.45, 42.40)^†

16.01 (13.94, 18.09)^†

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