Women Are More Susceptible to Caries but Individuals Born with Clefts Are Not

Table 1

Caries experience by age groups and gender in the studied populations.

	Cleft		Cleft		Cleft		Cleft		Cleft		Cleft		Unrelated		Unrelated		Unrelated
	cases		cases		cases		relatives		relatives		relatives		individuas		individuas		individual
	(Males)		(Females)		(Both)		(Males)		(Females)		(Both)		(Males)		(Females)		(Both)
Age ranges; (Years)	N	Average; DMFT/; dmft	N	Average; DMFT/; dmft	N	Average; DMFT/; dmft	N	Average; DMFT/; dmft	N	Average; DMFT/; dmft	N	Average; DMFT/; dmft	N	Average; DMFT/; dmft	N	Average; DMFT/; dmft	N	Average; DMFT/; dmft
Philippines
Less than 6	4	7.2	1	0	5	5.8	12	4.5	9	4.8	21	4.7	0	—	0	—	0	—
6 to 12	21	9.4	21	8.9	42	9.2	25	6.8	30	7.2	55	8.1	0	—	2	1	2	1
13 to 18	28	7.1	23	11.3	51	8.8	30	6.1	31	6.9	61	6.2	3	1.3	7	5	10	3.9
19 to 25	19	12	8	7.9	27	10.8	25	7.4	19	7.7	44	7.6	3	6	13	6.9	16	6.8
26 to 35	16	9.7	4	13.5	20	10.4	18	8.3	25	8.4	43	8.3	3	3.3	10	4.9	13	4.5
36 to 44	5	16.4	1	30	6	18.7	26	7.7	29	13.4	55	10.7	1	6	10	7.4	11	7.3
45 or older	10	17.5	3	20	13	18.1	50	13.9	50	16.6	100	15.2	4	12.2	19	11.6	23	11.7
Total	103	11.3	71	13.1	174	11.7	186	7.8	193	9.3	379	8.7	14	5.8	61	6.1	75	5.9
Guatemala
Less than 6	15	0	8	0	23	0	4	0	3	0	7	0	30	1.2	23	1	53	1.1
6 to 12	7	2.4	2	0	9	1.9	6	0.2	1	0	7	0.1	38	2.7	34	4.2	72	3.4
13 to 18	8	2.8	3	6.3	11	3.7	3	2.7	7	2	10	2.2	16	1.8	29	2.8	45	2.4
19 to 25	0	—	1	11	1	11	5	3.8	13	5.6	18	5.1	29	2.4	61	4.4	90	3.8
26 to 35	0	—	0	—	0	—	5	6.4	9	7.3	14	7	24	4.7	57	7.3	81	6.5
36 to 44	0	—	0	—	0	—	4	9.8	7	5.6	11	7.1	17	8.9	37	14.1	54	12.4
45 or older	0	—	1	11	1	11	11	9.6	16	10.5	27	10.1	16	16.8	44	14.8	60	15.3
Total	30	1.7	15	5.7	45	5.5	38	4.6	56	4.4	94	4.5	170	5.5	285	6.9	455	6.4
Argentina
Less than 6	13	1.7	11	1.4	24	1.6	10	1.1	13	0.8	23	1	1	0	0	—	1	0
6 to 12	17	4.9	15	3	32	4	10	2.4	13	4.3	23	3.5	8	4.6	6	2.7	14	3.8
13 to 18	13	4.1	7	4	20	4.1	11	3.8	14	2	25	2.8	3	4.7	4	1.8	7	3
19 to 25	4	8.8	0	—	4	8.8	4	4	19	4.7	23	4.6	1	14	3	2.3	4	5.2
26 to 35	3	10	4	9.2	7	9.6	14	7.1	34	8.7	48	8.2	4	11.5	8	8.9	12	9.8
36 to 44	4	5.8	0	—	4	5.8	11	8.4	31	13.5	42	12.1	3	7	6	15.2	9	12.4
45 or older	2	13.5	4	18.5	6	16.8	11	15	29	16	40	15.8	1	10	2	13	3	12
Total	56	7	41	7.2	97	7.2	71	6	153	7.1	224	6.8	21	7.4	29	7.3	50	6.6
All Populations
Less than 6	32	2.97	20	0.47	52	2.47	26	1.87	25	1.87	51	1.9	31	0.6	23	1	54	0.55
6 to 12	45	5.57	38	3.97	83	5.03	41	3.13	44	3.83	85	3.9	46	3.65	42	2.63	88	2.73
13 to 18	49	4.67	33	7.2	82	5.53	44	4.2	52	3.63	96	3.73	22	2.6	40	3.2	62	3.1
19 to 25	23	10.4	9	9.45	32	10.2	34	5.07	51	6	85	5.77	33	7.47	77	4.53	110	5.27
26 to 35	19	9.85	8	11.35	27	10	37	7.27	68	8.13	105	7.83	31	6.5	75	7.03	106	6.93
36 to 44	9	11.1	1	30	10	12.25	41	8.63	67	10.83	108	9.97	21	7.3	53	12.23	74	10.7
45 or older	12	15.5	8	16.5	20	15.3	72	12.83	95	14.37	167	13.7	21	13	65	13.13	86	13
Total	189	6.67	127	8.67	316	8.13	295	6.13	402	6.93	697	6.67	205	6.23	375	6.77	580	6.3

Notes: Overall ANOVA P values: The Philippines (𝑃=0.14), Guatemala (𝑃=0.42), and Argentina (𝑃=0.63).