Research Article
Dental Caries Prevalence and Tooth Loss in Chilean Adult Population: First National Dental Examination Survey
Table 3
Distribution of number of teeth present in different age groups (% of individuals and 95% confidence interval).
| Number of teeth present in mouth | Age groups (years) | 35–44 | 65–74 | All | Female | Male | All | Female | Male | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) |
| 21 or more teeth | 85.66 (83.57–87.74) | 85.59 (82.77–88.41) | 85.74 (82.64–88.84) | 23.87 (19.98–27.75) | 21.8 (17.07–26.67) | 27.12 (20.53–33.7) | Less than 21 teeth | 9.83 (8.06–11.61) | 9.54 (7.18–11.9) | 10.18 (7.5–12.86) | 21.08 (17.35–24.79) | 23.26 (18.36–28.16) | 17.51 (11.88–23.14) | Less than 15 teeth | 4.23 (3.03–5.42) | 4.52 (2.85–6.19) | 3.86 (2.16–5.58) | 43.66 (39.13–48.18) | 40.97 (35.27–46.68) | 48.02 (40.62–55.42) | Edentulous | 0.28 (−0.03–0.58) | 0.33 (−0.13–0.8) | 0.2 (0.19–0.6) | 11.4 (8.49–14.29) | 13.89 (9.88–17.9) | 7.34 (3.48–11.21) |
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