Using motivational interviewing to reduce parental risk related behaviors for early childhood caries: a pilot study

Table 3 Change^a in Bacterial Levels for MS and LB in CFU/ml^b

Group	Treatment n = 13 Mean ± SD	Control n = 11 Mean ± SD	T-test p-value
MS	0.02 ± 0.79	0.44 ± 0.83	0.2131
LB	−0.11 ± 0.94	−0.33 ± 0.52	0.4845

^aVisit 4 minus visit 1
^blog (base 10) transformed levels of Mutans Streptococci (MS); Lactobacilli (LB)

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