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Table 2 Dental status of HD participants and controls assessed by the DMFT score (1938) for decayed, missing and filled teeth and Plaque indices score after Silness and Loe (1964)

From: Oral and dental health in Huntington‘s disease - an observational study

 

HD

Controls

Significance

DMFT decayed

2.98±3.10

0.71±1.09

< 0.05

 

(0–10)

(0–4)

 

DMFT missing

4.88±6.84

4.12±5.83

NS

 

(0–28)

(0–28)

 

DMFT filled teeth

10.29±5.43

12.02±5.02

NS

 

(0–22)

(0–23)

 

DMFT sum score

18.14±6.13

16.88±6.06

NS

 

(6–28)

(3–28)

 

Plaque Indices I a)

1.88±0.89

0.95±0.62

< 0.05

 

(0.14-3.0)

(0–2.60)

 

Plaque Indices II a)

1.92±0.89

1.15±0.64

< 0.05

 

(0.14-3.0)

(0–2.50)

 
  1. a)Plaque indices were assessed for only 41 HD participants.