Associations between Caries among Children and Household Sugar Procurement, Exposure to Fluoridated Water and Socioeconomic Indicators in the Brazilian Capital Cities
Table 1
Mean values of caries experience in the Brazilian capitals in 2010, according to the five geographic regions. Minimum and maximum values are in parenthesis.
Brazilian geographic regions
dmft in 5-year-old children
DMFT in 12-year-old children
% caries-free 5-year-olds
% caries-free 12-year-olds
North ()
2.65 (1.53–3.51)
2.74 (2.34–4.15)
41.1 (33.4–53.5)
29.7 (25.6–35.6)
Northeast ()
2.16 (1.39–2.76)
1.87 (1.07–2.78)
48.5 (39.5–58.7)
44.2 (29.6–59.1)
Central-West ()
2.39 (1.85–3.17)
1.73 (1.14–2.40)
46.3 (35.9–52.8)
46.7 (37.7–56.6)
Southeast ()
1.75 (1.14–2.40)
1.29 (1.10–1.41)
58.0 (45.4–71.0)
52.1 (49.2–56.4)
South ()
1.91 (1.56–2.46)
1.27 (0.77–1.53)
55.0 (43.8–60.9)
54.0 (44.7–68.4)
Total for Brazil ()
2.23 (1.14–3.51)
1.92 (0.77–4.15)
48.4 (33.4–71.0)
43.2 (25.6–68.4)
Data from the 2010 Brazilian National Survey of Oral Health [11].
