Table 2 Child oral health outcomes by serum vitamin D status

Child oral health outcomes

Caries

 Caries prevalence (d_1-5mft/D_1-5MFT > 0), n (%)

25 (24.8)

9 (33.3)

16 (21.6)

 Caries experience (d_1-5mft/D_1-5MFT), mean (SD)

0.5 (1.0)

0.7 (1.4)

0.4 (0.8)

 Dentine caries prevalence (d_3–5mft/D_3–5MFT > 0), n (%)

15 (14.9)

5 (18.5)

10 (13.5)

 Dentine caries experience (d_3–5mft/D_3–5MFT), mean (SD)

0.3 (0.8)

0.5 (1.3)

0.2 (0.6)

Enamel hypomineralisation

 MIH^a prevalence (> 0), n (%)

32 (32.3)

10 (38.5)

22 (30.1)

 MIH^a, mean (SD)

0.9 (1.8)

1.2 (2.3)

0.8 (1.6)

 MIH^a yellow/brown opacities prevalence (> 0), n (%)

8 (8.1)

4 (15.4)

4 (5.5)

 MIH^a yellow/brown opacities, mean (SD)

0.1 (0.5)

0.2 (0.5)

0.1 (0.5)