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).