Table 12. Mean number of decayed (DT), missing (MT), filled (FT), decayed and filled (DFT), and decayed, missing, or filled (DMFT) permanent teeth among dentate adults aged 20–64 years with at least one DMFT

2024 Oral Health Surveillance Report—Table 12

Characteristic	2017–March 2020
	DMFT		DFT		DT		MT		FT
	Meanb	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE
Total	8.6	0.17	6.6	0.13	0.7	0.05	2.0	0.11	6.0	0.14
Age
20–34 (reference)	6.4	0.28	5.7	0.20	0.8	0.09	0.7	0.12	4.8	0.18
35–49	8.5*	0.17	6.6*	0.14	0.6*	0.07	1.8*	0.12	6.0*	0.15
50–64	11.8*	0.19	7.9*	0.22	0.4*	0.05	3.8*	0.24	7.5*	0.26
Sex
Male (reference)	8.1	0.22	6.3	0.19	0.7	0.07	1.9	0.13	5.5	0.16
Female	9.0*	0.19	7.0*	0.16	0.6	0.05	2.0	0.11	6.4*	0.18
Race and ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic (reference)	8.8	0.21	7.0	0.18	0.7	0.08	1.8	0.16	6.4	0.22
Black, non-Hispanic	8.2*	0.21	5.3*	0.24	0.8	0.06	2.9*	0.14	4.5*	0.22
Mexican American	7.6*	0.15	6.0*	0.17	0.6	0.09	1.7	0.10	5.4*	0.22
Poverty statusc
High poverty	8.9*	0.23	5.7*	0.15	1.4*	0.11	3.3*	0.17	4.3*	0.18
Middle poverty	9.6*	0.37	6.7	0.31	1.1*	0.10	2.9*	0.13	5.6*	0.26
Low poverty (reference)	8.2	0.15	6.8	0.14	0.4	0.05	1.4	0.12	6.4	0.15
Poverty statusc
High and middle poverty combined	9.3*	0.28	6.3*	0.22	1.2*	0.06	3.0*	0.11	5.1*	0.22
Low poverty (reference)	8.2	0.15	6.8	0.14	0.4	0.05	1.4	0.12	6.4	0.15
Education
<High school	9.0*	0.24	5.4*	0.19	1.3*	0.13	3.6*	0.25	4.1*	0.23
High school	9.6*	0.23	6.7	0.15	1.0*	0.08	2.9*	0.19	5.7*	0.20
>High school (reference)	8.1	0.17	6.8	0.17	0.4	0.04	1.3	0.08	6.4	0.17
Cigarette smoking history
Current	9.9*	0.32	6.0*	0.20	1.5*	0.09	3.9*	0.28	4.5*	0.21
Former	8.5	0.20	6.6	0.21	0.6	0.08	1.9*	0.15	6.0	0.22
Never (reference)	8.2	0.14	6.8	0.13	0.4	0.05	1.4	0.09	6.4	0.16

Note: All estimates are adjusted by age (5-year groups) 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. 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 adults 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.