Oral health parameters for children aged >9 years
| Cystic fibrosis (n=44) | Other chronic respiratory disorders (n=46) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Range | SD | Mean | Range | SD | p value* | |
| *Denotes significance value based on independent t test. | |||||||
| No. of decayed, missing, or filled primary tooth surfaces (dmfs) | 0.25 | 0–2 | 0.68 | 1.20 | 0–7 | 2.27 | 0.13 |
| No. of decayed, missing, or filled permanent tooth surfaces (DMFS) | 0.86 | 0–11 | 2.06 | 0.96 | 0–9 | 0.96 | 0.82 |
| No. of sextants with calculus | 0.11 | 0–1 | 0.32 | 0.13 | 0–3 | 0.50 | 0.83 |
| No. of healthy sextants | 4.16 | 0–6 | 1.78 | 4.00 | 0–6 | 2.09 | 0.63 |
| No. of primary teeth with enamel defects | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.007 | 0–1 | 0.26 | 0.31 |
| No. of permanent teeth with enamel defects | 1.50 | 0–10 | 2.56 | 0.98 | 0–8 | 1.91 | 0.26 |