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Table 3 Caries experience of the participants: Decayed, Missing, and Filled Teeth Index

From: Oral health status of nursing staff in Ilembula, Wanging’ombe District, Njombe region, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

 

Gender

Total (n = 168)

Men (n = 81)

Women (n = 87)

Decayed teeth

missing teeth

filled teeth

DMF/T

Decayed teeth

missing teeth

filled teeth

DMF/T

Decayed teeth

missing teeth

filled teeth

DMF/T

Mean (SD)

4.31 (3.80)

1.04 (1.44)

0.04 (0.25)

5.38 (4,01)

4.53 (3.41)

2.51 (3.11)

0.13 (0.40)

7.15 (4.82)

4.42 (3.60)

1.80 (2.55)

0.08 (0.34)

6.30 (4.53)

Min–max

0–24

0–6

0–2

0–24

0–14

0–19

0–2

0–25

0–24

0–19

0–2

0–25

n

349

84

3

436

394

218

11

622

743

302

14

1058

Percentile values

 25

1.50

0.00

0.00

2.00

2.00

0.00

0.00

4.00

2.00

0.00

0.00

3.00

 50 median

4.00

0.00

0.00

5.00

4.00

2.00

0.00

7.00

4.00

1.00

0.00

6.00

 75

6.00

2.00

0.00

8.00

6.00

4.00

0.00

9.00

6.00

3.00

0.00

8.00

  1. DMF/T, Decayed, Missing, and Filled Teeth