Dental Status and Associated Factors in a Dentate Adult Population in Bulgaria: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Table 2

Distribution and mean number ± standard deviation (SD) of “decayed,” “missing,” and “filled” teeth according to sociodemographic characteristics of the study sample.

Groups	Number of subjects	Decayed teeth		Missing teeth		Filled teeth
		% subjects	Mean (SD)	% subjects	Mean (SD)	% subjects	Mean (SD)
Total sample	2531	67	2.2 (2.9)	91	6.7 (6.4)	87	4.9 (4.0)
Age group
20–29	468	67	2.3 (2.9)	77	2.3 (2.0)	86	4.8 (4.0)
30–39	649	71	2.5 (3.3)	86	3.4 (2.9)	93	6.2 (4.2)
40–49	609	69	2.3 (2.9)	97	6.9 (5.0)	91	5.5 (4.0)
50–59	606	65	1.8 (2.4)	99	10.4 (6.6)	83	3.9 (3.5)
≥60	199	54	1.8 (2.7)	99	15.7 (8.5)	66	2.2 (2.6)
Gender
Male	1516	68	2.3 (3.0)	90	6.1 (6.0)	84	4.2 (3.7)
Female	1015	66	1.9 (2.6)	93	7.5 (6.8)	90	5.9 (4.3)
Settlement
Capital	397	68	2.4 (2.8)	88	6.7 (7.4)	88	5.1 (3.9)
Urban center	716	62	1.8 (2.6)	85	4.0 (4.1)	89	5.2 (3.9)
Town	704	69	2.3 (3.0)	94	7.1 (6.0)	87	4.5 (3.7)
Rural	714	71	2.3 (3.0)	96	9.0 (7.1)	84	5.0 (4.5)
Occupational status
Professionals	832	61	1.6 (2.0)	91	5.6 (5.2)	91	6.1 (4.3)
Intermediate	1034	72	2.5 (3.2)	89	6.0 (5.9)	87	4.7 (3.8)
Workers	559	71	2.7 (3.3)	94	7.8 (6.5)	82	3.8 (3.5)
Retired	78	42	1.1 (1.8)	99	19.3 (8.5)	68	2.5 (3.2)
Unknown	28	64	1.9 (2.1)	93	6.7 (6.7)	82	6.3 (5.3)