Table 4: Children’s clinically-assessed restorative dental treatment needs, parental reports of their oral health status,estimates of their oral health-related quality of life (Gr-ECOHIS scores).

GR-ECOHIS
n col. % mean (SD) P*
Entire sample 176 100 3.4 (5.2)
Clinical measures
Requires an intra-coronal restoration <0.0005
No 88 50 0.8 (2.1)
Yes 88 50 6.0 (6.1)
Requires pulp therapy <0.0005
No 144 82 2.4 (4.3)
Yes 32 18 7.7 (6.5)
Requires a tooth extraction <0.0005
No 169 96 3.1 (4.8)
Yes 7 4 11.3 (8.3)
Parental report of child’s oral health status <0.0005
Excellent 24 14 0.7 (1.9)
Very good 54 31 1.7 (3.4)
Good 62 35 3.0 (4.1)
Fair-poor 36 20 8.4 (7.1)

SD, standard deviation *derived from analyses t-tests †statistically significant after Bonferroni correction for study-wide multiple testing (31 independent tests).