Prevalence of First Permanent Molar Caries in and Its Relationship to the Dental Knowledge of 9–12-Year Olds from Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Table 3

Caries status of first permanent molar in relation to visiting the dentist in the last 6 months (𝑁=432).

Did you visit the dentist in the last 6 months?			All molars sound		One molar carious		Two molars carious		Three molars carious		All molars carious		Total
	𝑁	%	𝑁	%	𝑁	%	𝑁	%	𝑁	%	𝑁	%	𝑁	%
Yes	222	51	66	30	70	32	42	18	37	17	7	3	222	100
No	210	49	40	19	42	20	78	37	30	14	20	10	210	100
Total	432	100	106	25	112	26	120	27	67	16	27	6	432	100

Chi-square (𝜒²)=30.0,𝑃<0.05 significant.