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

Table 4

Relative scores (%) for “decayed,” “missing,” and “filled” teeth in molar (M), premolar (PM), and anterior (A) dental region and mean difference (%) of relative scores between the dental regions.

Relative scores	%	Comparison	Mean difference (%)	95% CI	𝑃 value
Upper jaw
Decayed
M	8.9
PM	8.7	M–PM	0.2	−0.5–0.9	0.517
A	5.9	M–A	3.0	2.3– 3.7	<0.001
Missing
M	35.4
PM	23.3	M–PM	12.1	11.1–13.1	<0.001
A	8.1	M–A	27.3	26.3– 28.3	<0.001
Filled
M	20.7
PM	21.0	M–PM	−0.3	−1.3–0.8	0.627
A	13.9	M–A	6.9	5.8– 8.0	<0.001
Lower jaw
Decayed
M	10.0
PM	6.2	M–PM	3.7	3.0–4.5	<0.001
A	1.7	M–A	8.3	7.6– 9.0	<0.001
Missing
M	38.3
PM	13.7	M–PM	24.6	23.6–25.6	<0.001
A	5.2	M–A	33.1	32.0– 34.1	<0.001
Filled
M	22.1
PM	14.0	M–PM	8.1	7.1–9.2	<0.001
A	2.1	M–A	20.0	19.0–21.0	<0.001