COVID-19 and Its Aftermath on Pediatric Oral Health: A Study of Dental Caries and Hygiene in Romanian Children.

Children (Basel) · 2025 · PMC12384361 · PMID 40868512

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highly significantp < 0.001actually significant

The 2024 cohort (Group 2) exhibited a significantly higher proportion of affected permanent teeth, at 29.6%, compared to only 6.8% in the 2020 cohort (Group 1), a highly significant difference ( p < 0.001), as shown in Table 3 .

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.083so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Children who brushed at least twice daily had lower mean dmft scores (M = 4.67, SD = 4.56) than those who brushed once daily (M = 6.74, SD = 3.34); however, this difference did not reach statistical significance, t(34.12) = 1.79, p = 0.083.

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a positive trendno p-value reported

In the pre-pandemic cohort, more frequent brushing showed a positive trend.

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