Although individuals with moderate disability had significantly more decayed teeth compared to those with mild disability, the comparison with severe disability failed to reach statistical significance, possibly because of the small sample size (severe disability comprising only 2% of the assessed sample).
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Oral Health Status of Institutionalized Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities in Lebanon.
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There was a clear trend of increasing overall index with increasing age: increasing from a dft = 3.5 (4.44) at 6 years to DMFT = 4.8 (4.5) at 15 years and then to 12.71 (7.43) at 35 - 44 years.