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Mean number of decayed (DT), missing (MT), filled (FT), and decayed, missing, or filled (DMFT) permanent teeth among adolescents aged 12–19 years with at least one DMFT,a by selected characteristics, United States, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2017–March 2020.
2024 Oral Health Surveillance Report—Table 10
| Characteristic | 2017–March 2020 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMFT | DT | MT | FT | |||||
| Meanb | SE | Mean | SE | Mean | SE | Mean | SE | |
| Total | 4.2 | 0.13 | 0.4 | 0.04 | 0.1 | 0.01 | 3.7 | 0.12 |
| Age | ||||||||
| 12–15 (reference) | 3.5 | 0.16 | 0.4 | 0.06 | 0.1 | 0.01 | 3.0 | 0.14 |
| 16–19 | 4.9* | 0.17 | 0.4 | 0.05 | 0.1 | 0.02 | 4.4* | 0.17 |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male (reference) | 4.4 | 0.23 | 0.5 | 0.06 | 0.1 | 0.02 | 3.9 | 0.22 |
| Female | 3.9 | 0.13 | 0.3* | 0.04 | 0.1 | 0.01 | 3.5 | 0.13 |
| Race and ethnicity | ||||||||
| White, non-Hispanic (reference) | 4.0 | 0.16 | 0.5 | 0.09 | 0.1 | 0.02 | 3.5 | 0.15 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 4.4 | 0.30 | 0.5 | 0.09 | NR | NR | 3.7 | 0.32 |
| Mexican American | 4.5 | 0.29 | 0.2* | 0.04 | NR | NR | 4.3* | 0.27 |
| Poverty statusc | ||||||||
| High poverty | 4.7 | 0.22 | 0.5 | 0.11 | NR | NR | 4.1 | 0.20 |
| Middle poverty | 4.3 | 0.28 | NR | NR | 0.1 | 0.01 | 3.7 | 0.24 |
| Low poverty (reference) | 4.0 | 0.22 | 0.3 | 0.06 | 0.1 | 0.01 | 3.6 | 0.21 |
| Poverty statusc | ||||||||
| High and middle poverty combined | 4.5 | 0.20 | 0.6 | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.01 | 3.9 | 0.17 |
| Low poverty (reference) | 4.0 | 0.22 | 0.3 | 0.06 | 0.1 | 0.01 | 3.6 | 0.21 |
Note: All estimates are adjusted by age (single years) to the U.S. 2000 standard population. Estimates are based on all U.S. race and ethnicity groups, except the estimates for specific race and ethnicity categories. NR = Not reported because the sample size is <30 or the standard error is >30% of the point estimate value. SE = standard error. Reference groups were used to test for statistical differences within sociodemographic characteristics.
* P <0.05 based on t-test for differences against the reference group.
a Includes adolescents with at least one permanent tooth present and at least one decayed, missing, or filled permanent tooth.
b Weighted mean estimates.
c Defined as the percentage of family income relative to the federal poverty level (FPL). High poverty = <100% FPL; middle poverty = 100%–199% FPL; high or middle poverty combined = <200% FPL; and low poverty = ≥200% FPL.