## 3 Results
### Caries Experience
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{l c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline
**Groups** & **dmft** & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**d**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**m**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**f**} \\ \hline  & **Mean** & **Median** & **Mean** & **Median** & **Mean** & **Median** & **Mean** & **Median** \\  & **(SD)** & **(IQR)** & **(SD)** & **(IQR)** & **(SD)** & **(IQR)** & **(SD)** & **(IQR)** \\ \hline CCSs (n = 32) & 3.9 (4.4) & 3.0 (7.0) & 2.7 (4.1) & 2.0 (4.0) & 0.2 (0.5) & 0.0 (0.0) & 1.0 (1.5) & 0.0 (2.0) \\ Controls (n = 32) & 1.5 (2.2) & 0.0 (2.0) & 0.5 (1.2) & 0.0 (0.0) & 0.2 (05) & 0.0 (0.0) & 0.8 (1.4) & 0.0 (1.0) \\ \(p\) value & \multicolumn{2}{c}{0.012} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{0.002} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{0.909} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{0.605} \\ Age at cancer therapy & & & & & & & \\ \(<\)5 years (n = 17) & 4.6 (5.1) & 4.0 (7.0) * & 3.3 (5.1) & 2.0 (4.5) * & 0.2 (0.6) & 0.0 (0.0) & 1.0 (1.1) & 1.0 (2.0) \\ \(\geq\)5 years (n = 12) & 2.9 (3.0) & 2.0 (6.2) & 1.7 (1.9) & 1.5 (3.7) & 0.2 (0.4) & 0.0 (0.0) & 1.0 (2.0) & 0.0 (1.5) \\ Controls (n = 32) & 1.5 (2.2) & 0.0 (2.0) & 0.5 (1.2) & 0.0 (0.0) & 0.2 (05) & 0.0 (0.0) & 0.8 (1.4) & 0.0 (1.0) \\ \(p\) value & \multicolumn{2}{c}{0.034} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{0.006} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{0.984} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{0.515} \\ Years of remission & & & & & & & \\ \(<\)5 years (n = 13) & 3.8 (5.6) & 2.0 (7.0) ** & 3.1 (5.6) & 0.0 (4.5) ** & 0.1 (0.3) & 0.0 (0.0) & 0.7 (1.7) & 0.0 (0.5) \\ \(\geq\)5 years (n = 16) & 3.9 (3.3) & 4.0 (6.5) & 2.4 (2.5) & 2.0 (4.0) & 0.3 (0.6) & 0.0 (0.7) & 1.2 (1.3) & 1.0 (2.0) \\ Controls (n = 32) & 1.5 (2.2) & 0.0 (2.0) & 0.5 (1.2) & 0.0 (0.0) & 0.2 (05) & 0.0 (0.0) & 0.8 (1.4) & 0.0 (1.0) \\ \(p\) value & \multicolumn{2}{c}{0.029} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{0.004} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{0.447} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{0.195} \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular} Note: Values with superscript asterisks show statistically significant differences with respect to the control groups: * \(p<0.05\); ** \(p<0.01\). Abbreviations: dmft = decayed missing filled primary teeth; d = decayed primary teeth; m = missing primary teeth; f = filled primary teeth; CCS = childhood cancers survivors; SD = standard deviation; IQR = interquartile range.  
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Table 4: Dental caries in primary teeth according to the dmft index in the study groups. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{l c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline
**Groups** & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**DMFT**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**D**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**M**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**F**} \\ \hline  & **Mean** & **Median** & **Mean** & **Median** & **Mean** & **Median** & **Mean** & **Median** \\  & **(SD)** & **(IQR)** & **(SD)** & **(IQR)** & **(SD)** & **(IQR)** & **(SD)** & **(IQR)** \\ \hline CCSs (n = 32) & 2.7 (3.4 & 1.5 (5.5) & 1.3 (2.1) & 0.0 (2.7) & 0.1 (0.5) & 0.0 (0.0) & 1.2 (1.5) & 0.0 (2.0) \\ Controls (n = 32) & 0.4 (1.1) & 0.0 (0.0) & 0.3 (0.9) & 0.0 (0.0) & 0.0 (0.0) & 0.0 (0.0) & 0.1 (0.7) & 0.0 (0.0) \\ \(p\) value & \multicolumn{2}{c}{\(<\)0.001} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{0.015} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{0.154} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{\(<\)0.001} \\ Age at cancer therapy & & & & & & & \\ \(<\)5 years (n = 18) & 1.9 (3.2) & 0.5 (2.5) & 1.1 (1.9) & 0.0 (2.0) & 0.0 (0.0) & 0.0 (0.0) & 0.8 (1.4) & 0.0 (2.0) \\ \(\geq\)5 years (n = 14) & 3.6 (3.6) & 2.5 (6.2) *** & 1.6 (2.4) & 0.0 (4.0) & 0.3 (0.7) & 0.0 (2.0) * & 1.7 (1.4) & 2.0 (3.0) *** \\ Controls (n = 32) & 0.4 (1.1) & 0.0 (0.0) & 0.3 (0.9) & 0.0 (0.0) & 0.0 (0.0) & 0.0 (0.0) & 0.1 (0.7) & 0.0 (0.0) \\ \(p\) value & \multicolumn{2}{c}{\(<\)0.00