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Table 3 Difference of tongue and saliva states by number of residual teeth

From: Relationship between the state of tongue hygiene and the number of residual teeth in convalescent-ward inpatients, cross- sectional study

tooth number

tongue

saliva

p value

0

N (%)

>  1

N (%)

 

total

0

22

(57.9)

9

(16.1)

>  0.001

> 1

16

(42.1)

47

(83.9)

< 19

0

5

(38.5)

4

(13.8)

0.084

> 1

8

(61.5)

25

(86.2)

> 20

0

17

(68.0)

5

(18.5)

>  0.001

> 1

8

(32.0)

22

(81.5)