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Table 3 Mean dietary cariogenicity score* for each category of Dentocult SM scores (n = 355)

From: Cross-cultural validity of a dietary questionnaire for studies of dental caries risk in Japanese

 

Dentocult SM score

 

0

1

2

3

Mean ± SD

41.0 ± 18.0

47.5 ± 18.3

51.8 ± 19.5

57.8 ± 20.1

n

24

122

140

69

  1. P < 0.001, Kruskal-Wallis test.
  2. *The dietary cariogenicity score was calculated by multiplying the frequency score for each item by a cariogenicity rating (3 points, 0–2, “possibly cariostatic” to “highly cariogenic”) based on the Palmer cariogenicity classification and then summing to create the overall score.
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BMC Oral Health

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