Table 4 Values of the cariogenic microbes
| Â | Sm | Lsp | Asp | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Detected (d) | Positivity | Detected (d) | Positivity | Detected (d) | Positivity | ||||||
Group A (n = 24) | ||||||||||||
| Â | Â | + | ++ | +++ | Â | + | ++ | +++ | Â | + | ++ | +++ |
nd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 |
% (n) | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 91.7 | 79.2 | 12.5 | 0 | 75.0 | 54.2 | 16.7 | 4.1 |
% (nd) | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 86.3 | 13.6 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 72.2 | 22.2 | 5.6 |
Group B (n = 45) | ||||||||||||
| Â | Â | + | ++ | +++ | Â | + | ++ | +++ | Â | + | ++ | +++ |
nd | 45 | 12 | 11 | 22 | 44 | 32 | 12 | 0 | 39 | 24 | 8 | 7 |
% (n) | 100.0 | 26.7 | 24.4 | 48.9 | 97.8 | 71.1 | 26.7 | 0.0 | 86.7 | 53.3 | 17.8 | 15.5 |
% (nd) | 100.0 | 26.7 | 24.4 | 48.9 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 72.7 | 27.3 | 100.0 | 61.5 | 20.5 | 17,9 |