Research Article
Dietary Determinants of Dental Caries Prevalence and Experience in Saudi Schoolchildren: Frequency versus Quantity
Table 1
Description of study participants (N = 2262).
| | N (%) |
| | Gender | | Male | 976 (43.1) | | Female | 1286 (56.9) | | Parental education | | Father | | University/college education | 950 (42) | | No/school education | 1312 (58) | | Mother | | University/college education | 816 (36.1) | | No/school education | 1446 (63.9) | | Decayed teeth | | Yes | 1688 (74.6) | | No | 574 (25.4) | | Mean ± SD | | Age (years) | 14.08 ± 1.3 | | DMFT | | Males | 3.60 ± 3.14 | | Females | 4.29 ± 3.44 | | Total | 4 ± 3.3 |
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