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Table 1 Mean decayed teeth (dt), filled teeth (ft) and dmft scores divided by nationality among nursery children

From: Dental caries and their association with socioeconomic characteristics, oral hygiene practices and eating habits among preschool children in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates — the NOPLAS project

  

Decayed (dt)

Filled (ft)

dmft scoreb

 

Total (n)

n (%)

Mean (SD)

n (%)

Mean (SD)

n (%)

Mean (SD)

All children

139

57 (41.0)

1.70 (2.8)

2 (1.4)

0.02 (0.1)

57 (41.0)

1.68 (2.8)

Emirati children

63a

35 (55.6)

2.57 (3.2)

1 (1.6)

0.03 (0.2)

35 (55.6)

2.60 (3.2)

Non-Emirati children

63a

16 (25.4)

0.75 (1.8)

0 (0)

0 (0)

16 (25.4)

0.75 (1.8)

  1. Abbreviations: dmft decayed, missing and filled teeth index, dt decayed teeth, ft filled teeth
  2. aThirteen children out of the total of 139 children did not report nationality
  3. bNo children had missing teeth due to dental caries