Research Article
Locked Mouths: Tooth Loss in a Women’s Prison in Northeastern Brazil
Table 3
Tooth loss assessment according to age group, DMFT index, and decayed and filled components.
| | | Age groups |
Total | value | | | 19–24 | 25–30 | 31–38 | >39 | | | Mean ± SD
median | Mean ± SD
median | Mean ± SD
median | Mean ± SD median | Mean ± SD median |
| | Decayed | 9.72 ± 4.14(A) | 7.87 ± 4.92(AB) | 9.07 ± 5.19(A) | 4.50 ± 4.53(B) | 7.83 ± 5.01 |
0.020 | | (9.50) | (7.50) | (8.00) | (3.50) | (8.00) | | Lost | 3.28 ± 3.25(A) | 7.25 ± 5.89(B) | 13.00 ± 8.94(C) | 22.63 ± 10.18(D) | 11.26 ± 10.38 | <0.001 | | (2.00) | (6.00) | (10.00) | (24.00) | (8.00) | | Filled | 2.22 ± 3.19(A) | 2.00 ± 3.52(A) | 0.60 ± 0.99(AB) | 0.13 ± 0.34(B) | 1.28 ± 2.58 | | | (0.00) | (1.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | | DMFT | 15.22 ± 5.61(A) | 17.13 ± 8.06(A) | 22.67 ± 5.63(B) | 27.25 ± 5.94(C) | 20.37 ± 7.87 | <0.001 | | (14.50) | (20.00) | (23.00) | (29.00) | (21.00) |
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Distinct letters in brackets demonstrate significant differences between corresponding age groups.
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