Caries-Free Prevalence among Schoolchildren in Malaysia-Time-Series Analysis of Trends and Projections from 1996 to 2030.

Children (Basel) · 2023 · PMC9955133 · PMID 36832393

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a decreasing trendno p-value reported

In Malaysia, a national survey conducted once every ten years reported a decreasing trend in the sum number of decayed, missing due to caries and filled teeth in permanent teeth (DMFT) score among 12-year-old schoolchildren from 1.6 (1997) to 1.1 (2007) and 0.8 (2017).

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an increasing trendno p-value reported

Meanwhile, among 12-year-old schoolchildren, there was also an increasing trend of caries-free prevalence over the 24 years of the study horizon.

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