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Table 3 Comparison of DMFT and OHI-S means by crowding and spacing

From: Relationship between dental caries, oral hygiene and malocclusion among Syrian refugee children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study

Parameters

Crowding

Spacing

None

Mild

Moderate

Severe

None

Localized

Generalized

Upper

 Mean (SD)

  DMFT

4.21 (3.05)

4.03 (2.75)

4.55 (3.25)

4.86 (3.27)

4.36 (3.00)

3.87 (2.76)

4.59 (3.61)

  OHI-S

1.18*α¥ (0.64)

1.37* (0.78)

1.57α (0.90)

1.48Â¥ (0.96)

1.39* (0.84)

1.28 (0.59)

1.09* (0.64)

Lower

 Mean (SD)

  DMFT

4.32 (3.11)

4.19 (2.95)

4.00 (2.92)

5.01 (3.25)

4.24* (2.98)

4.02 (2.91)

5.37* (3.69)

  OHI-S

1.21*Â¥ (0.70)

1.27α(0.64)

1.48* (0.97)

1.71¥α (1.03)

1.36 (0.81)

1.32 (0.66)

1.09 (0.62)

  1. *α¥Significance differences at P < 0.05 in the same row for each parameter