Meeting the oral health needs of 12-year-olds in China: human resources for oral health

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Assessment of caries risk levels

Risk level		Caries experience	Dental behaviours	Parental education	Proportion
Risk level		Caries experience	Dental behaviours	Parental education	Overall	Urban	Rural
1	Low	DMFT = 0	Both positive behaviours +	Higher education^a	3.9%	9.6%	1.6%
2	Relatively low	DMFT = 0	No negative behaviours +	Poor education^b	17.6%	27.5%	13.6%
			OR	Poor education^b
			1 negative behaviour +	Higher education^a
3	Relatively low	DMFT = 0	2 negative behaviours +	Any education^c	52.1%	34.9%	59.1%
			OR	Any education^c
			1 negative behaviour +	Poor education^b
4	High	DMFT > =1	any behaviours + any education^a	Poor education^b	26.4%	28.0%	25.7%

^aHigher education, those who had at least one parent with senior middle school or higher education
^bPoor education, those whose parents both had only compulsory education up to junior middle school
^cAny education refers to either of them

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