Oral health assessment in a sample of displaced people as a result of the war in Syria in Damascus city: results of non-profit initiative

Table 1 Oral health assessment using DMFT index for the displaced sample in comparison with age and gender (sample size = 118, year of data collection 2019)

Descriptive analysis for the whole sample						Analysis according to age			Average DMFT according to gender^a
	N	Min	Max	Mean	SD	Group	Mean	P value^a	Average DMFT according to gender^a
DMFT index	118	.00	11.00	2.48	2.377	Children	2.12	0.225**	Males = 2.28 Females = 2.65 P = 0.688**
DMFT index	118	.00	11.00	2.48	2.377	Adults	2.77	0.225**
Extracted teeth	118	.00	5.00	.94	1.347	Children	1.08	0.000*
Extracted teeth	118	.00	5.00	.94	1.347	Adults	.83	0.000*
Missing teeth	118	.00	6.00	.83	1.339	Children	.42	0.657**
Missing teeth	118	.00	6.00	.83	1.339	Adults	1.17	0.657**
Filled teeth	118	.00	5.00	.70	1.096	Children	.62	0.750**
Filled teeth	118	.00	5.00	.70	1.096	Adults	.77	0.750**

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