Table 1: Dental caries experience in participating children from rural and urban schools
	Rural (N=93)		Urban (N=79)
Gender	n (%) with caries	Index	n (%) with caries	Index
Male	12 (33.3)	0.47*	25 (65.8)	1.42
Female	26 (46.6)	0.77*	22 (53.7)	1.17
DMFT component	Number of teeth	Index	Number of teeth	Index
Decayed teeth	60	0.65*	97	1.22
Missing teeth	1	0.01	4	0.05
Filled teeth	0	0.00	1	0.01
DMFT	61	0.66*	102	1.29
DMFT: Decayed, missing and filled teeth; Index was calculated as the number of affected teeth divided by the total number of children; * significantly different from corresponding urban group at p<0.05