A survey of Oral Health in Institutionalized Population with Intellectual Disabilities: Comparison with a National Oral Health Survey of the Normal Population.

and the mean score of 12.71 estimated at age 35–44 years are considered at the higher end of a moderate DMFT score, the cut-off values for severe being 4.4 and 13.9 for 12 and 35–44 year olds, respectively.[ 46 ] Using the age of 12 as a benchmark for comparisons of global DMFT, studies have shown a definite trend of decreasing DMFT scores globally from 2.43 in 1980[ 47 ] to 1.86 in 2015.[ 48 ] The DMFT score estimated in the ID Lebanese population at age 12 is higher even compared to estimates in the Eastern Mediterranean region (DMFT =1.64).[ 48 ] Adolescents and adults with ID in our study had more severe periodontal disease and reduced levels of calculus compared to the NLP.

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