The effects of socioeconomic status, oral and dental health practices, and nutritional status on dental health in 12-year-old school children

Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette

Table 1 Classification of indicators of permanent and milk teeth of children

Oral health indicators	Boy		Girl		Total		p^x
Permanent teeth	n	%	n	%	n	%	p^x
Have caries	69	61.6	111	78.2	180	70.9	8.319 0.004*
Have not caries	43	38.4	31	21.8	74	29.1	8.319 0.004*
Milk teeth
Have caries	59	52.7	53	37.3	112	44.1	5.988 0.014*
Have not caries	53	47.3	89	62.7	142	55.9	5.988 0.014*
Classification of DMFT
Very low	63	56.2	57	40.1	120	47.2	12.561 0.014*
Low	11	9.8	29	20.5	40	15.7
Middle	25	22.4	47	33.1	72	28.3
High	11	9.8	8	5.6	19	7.5
Very high	2	1.8	1	0.7	3	1.3
Classification of dmft
Very low	73	65.2	118	83.2	191	75.2	14.698 0.005*
Low	17	15.2	10	7.0	27	10.6
Middle	10	8.9	11	7.7	21	8.3
High	11	9.8	3	2.1	14	5.5
Very high	1	0.9	–	–	1	0.4
Total	112	100.0	142	100.0	254	100.0