Oral health parameters for children aged 6–9 years
| Cystic fibrosis (n=18) | Other chronic respiratory disorders (n=26) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Range | SD | Mean | Range | SD | p value* | |
| *Denotes significance value based on independent t test. | |||||||
| †Statistically significant at p<0.005. | |||||||
| No. of decayed, missing, or filled primary tooth surfaces (dmfs) | 0.94 | 0–9 | 2.48 | 1.35 | 0–8 | 2.50 | 0.61 |
| No. of decayed, missing, or filled permanent tooth surfaces (DMFS) | 0.006 | 0–1 | 0.24 | 0.008 | 0–1 | 0.27 | 0.83 |
| No. of sextants with calculus present | 0.11 | 0–1 | 0.47 | 0.00 | 0–1 | 0.00 | 0.24 |
| No. of healthy sextants | 4.78 | 0–6 | 1.70 | 5.08 | 1–6 | 1.35 | 0.52 |
| No. of primary teeth with enamel defects | 0.22 | 0–3 | 0.73 | 0.004 | 0–1 | 0.20 | 0.23 |
| No. of permanent teeth with enamel defects | 0.93 | 0–4 | 1.27 | 0.008 | 0–1 | 0.27 | 0.003† |