Research Article
The Prevalence and Severity of Tooth Wear in Type 2 Diabetic Patients
Table 2
Prevalence of tooth wear according to age group.
| | Age group (years) | | Attrition | Erosion | Abrasion | Abfraction | | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) |
| | 35–44 | 13 | 12 (92.3) | 5 (38.5) | 2 (15.4) | 3 (23.1) | | 45–54 | 51 | 51 (100.0) | 29 (56.9) | 21 (41.2) | 1 (2.0) | | 55–64 | 90 | 90 (100.0) | 66 (73.3) | 25 (27.8) | 9 (10.0) | | 65–74 | 25 | 25 (100.0) | 16 (64.0) | 8 (32.0) | 0 (0.0) | | valuea | | 0.073 | 0.041 | 0.242 | 0.021 |
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aFisher exact test.
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