Dental Caries Prevalence and Tooth Loss in Chilean Adult Population: First National Dental Examination Survey

Table 2

DMFT index and its components (mean and 95% confidence interval).

Age groups (years)	Gender	DMFT	D	M	F
	Male	14.10^a (13.56–14.64)	4.5 (4.16–4.84)	5.68 (5.24–6.11)	3.91 (3.54–4.28)^b
35–44	Female	15.86^a (15.38–16.33)	4 (3.72–4.35)	6.08 (5.64–6.52)	5.74 (5.35–6.13)^b
	All	15.06 (14.7–15.43)	4.2 (4.01–4.47)	5.9 (5.59–6.21)	4.9 (4.64–5.19)
	Male	20.41 (19.20–21.62)	1.78 (1.45–2.11)	16.28 (14.88–17.67)	2.34 (1.86–2.82)
65–74	Female	22.29 (21.41–23.17)	1.24 (1.02–1.56)	18.18 (17.09–19.27)	2.86 (2.43–3.3)
	All	21.57 (20.86–22.29)	1.44 (1.26–1.63)	17.46 (16.59–18.32)	2.66 (2.34–2.99)

^a𝑃<0.05, ^b𝑃<0.05.