Oral Health Status of Syrian Children in the Refugee Center of Melilla, Spain
Table 2
Oral health status within the distinct age groups.
Variables
Age groups
5–7 yrs ()
8–10 yrs ()
11–13 yrs ()
6 yrs ()
12 yrs ()
5–13 yrs ()
Global caries prevalence (DMFT or dft > 1) (% of subjects)
74.5
74.2
59.0
75.0
50.0
70.5
Caries prevalence in permanent dentition (% of subjects)
7.8
34.8
41.0
7.1
50.0
27.6
Caries prevalence in deciduous dentition (% of subjects)
72.5
60.6
25.6
75.0
0.0
55.8
DMFT (mean ± SD)††a,b,c
0.1 ± 0.4
0.7 ± 1.1
1.8 ± 3.1
0.1 ± 0.5
1.6 ± 2.6
0.8 ± 1.8
Decayed permanent teeth (mean ± SD)††a,b,c
0.1 ± 0.4
0.7 ± 1.0
1.5 ± 2.8
0.1 ± 0.5
1.4 ± 2.5
0.7 ± 1.7
Missing permanent teeth (mean ± SD)
0.0 ± 0.0
0.0 ± 0.1
0.1 ± 0.2
0.0 ± 0.0
0.0 ± 0.0
0.0 ± 0.1
Filled permanent teeth (mean ± SD)†(a/b),c
0.0 ± 0.0
0.0 ± 0.0
0.2 ± 0.8
0.0 ± 0.0
0.2 ± 0.6
0.1 ± 0.4
IR (mean ± SD)
0.6 ± 4.7
2.8 ± 13.6
4.2 ± 14.2
0.0 ± 0.0
5.0 ± 15.8
2.5 ± 11.6
DMFM (mean ± SD)††a,(b/c)
0.1 ± 0.4
0.6 ± 0.9
0.9 ± 1.4
0.1 ± 0.5
1.1 ± 1.7
0.5 ± 1.0
dft (mean ± SD)††a,c
3.2 ± 3.6
2.2 ± 2.5
0.9 ± 2.2
3.2 ± 2.9
0.0 ± 0.0
2.2 ± 2.9
CPI 0 = healthy sextants (mean ± SD)††a,(b/c)
4.0 ± 2.5
5.8 ± 0.6
5.5 ± 1.0
2.8 ± 2.7
5.4 ± 1.4
5.1 ± 1.8
CPI 1 = bleeding sextants (mean ± SD)
0.0 ± 0.0
0.0 ± 0.4
0.1 ± 0.4
0.0 ± 0.0
0.0 ± 0.0
0.1 ± 0.3
CPI 2 = sextants with calculus (mean ± SD)††(a/b,c)
0.0 ± 0.0
0.0 ± 0.3
0.4 ± 0.9
0.0 ± 0.0
0.6 ± 1.4
0.1 ± 0.5
DMFT: mean of decayed, missing, and filled permanent teeth; IR: index of restoration for the filled teeth (permanent and deciduous); DMFM: mean of decayed, missing, and filled first permanent molars; dft: mean of decayed and filled primary teeth; CPI: community periodontal index. †Statistically significant intergroup comparisons according to ANOVA test (). ††Statistically significant intergroup comparisons according to ANOVA test (). a,b,cThe letters beside the symbol “†” indicate the subgroups (a = 5–7 yrs; b = 8–10 yrs; and c = 11–13 yrs) that are statistically different after post hoc Bonferroni correction.
