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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the 30 Chinese children

From: The impact of caries status on supragingival plaque and salivary microbiome in children with mixed dentition: a cross-sectional survey

Group

Subgroup

Agea (months)

Sex (male/female)

dmfta

dmfsa

Caries (n = 15)

CD, CP, CS

97.31 ± 3.22

10/5

4.07 ± 0.96

4.87 ± 1.60

Healthy (n = 15)

HD, HP, HS

97.91 ± 3.86

9/6

0

0

  1. dmft: the number decayed, missing, or filled teeth, dmfs: the number of decayed, missing, or filled tooth surfaces
  2. aData are expressed as mean ± standard deviation