Table 1 Mean dmft and dmfs scores for the children examined according to geographical location and mean age
Location | Mean dmft and dmfs scores | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Mean (SD) age in years | d (SD) | m (SD) | f | dmft (SD) | ds | ms | fs | dmfs (SD) | |
Rural | 48 | 3.3 (1.34) | 0.6 (1.7) | 0.1 (0.7) | 0 | 0.7 (1.9) | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0 | 1.7 (5.4) |
Remote | 105 | 4.0 (0.9) | 3.0 (4.2) | 0.3 (1.3) | 0.1 | 3.4 (4.7) | 6.2 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 7.8 (12.2) |
Metropolitan | 20 | 3.5 (1.3) | 0.6 (1.1) | 0 (0) | 0 | 0.6 (1.1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 (2.3) |
Total | 173 | 3.8 (1.1) | 2.1 (3.6) | 0.2 (1.1) | 0.1 | 2.4 (4.1) | 4.2 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 5.3 (10.4) |