PubMed Central, : RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2021 April; 12(2): e0015. ISSN: 2076-9172Published online 2021 April 29. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10437

Table 2.

Comparison of Dental Caries Status and Salivary Biomarkers between CP Children and Controls.

Variable		Group	n	Mean	SD	t	P
Dental Caries	dft	Control	28	1.71	1.84	2.50	0.016^*
	dft	CP Children	28	3.61	3.56	2.50	0.016^*

	DMFT	Control	28	1.25	1.32	0.22	0.828
	DMFT	CP Children	28	1.18	1.12	0.22	0.828

Salivary Biomarkers	pH	Control	28	5.68	1.59	2.48	0.016^*
	pH	CP Children	28	4.61	1.64	2.48	0.016^*

	Buffering Capacity	Control	28	1.70	0.41	0.29	0.770
	Buffering Capacity	CP Children	28	1.67	0.38	0.29	0.770

	Salivary Flow Rate	Control	28	5.14	1.84	3.76	0.001^**
	Salivary Flow Rate	CP Children	28	3.25	1.93	3.76	0.001^**

The dft score range is 0–18. The lower the score, the less the decay/number of filled teeth in primary dentition; the greater the score, the more the decay/number of filled teeth in primary dentition. The DMFT score range is 0–5. The lower the score, the less the decay/number of missing/filled teeth in permanent dentition; the higher the score, the more the decay/number of missing/filled teeth in permanent dentition.

^*Significant at 0.05;

^**Significant at 0.01

dft, decay/filled teeth–primary dentition; DMFT, decay/missing/filled teeth–permanent dentition.

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2021 April; 12(2): e0015. ISSN: 2076-9172

Published online 2021 April 29. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10437