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Table 1 Caries experience and oral hygiene among cerebral palsy and healthy children

From: Evaluation of salivary parameters and StreptococcusMutans count in children with cerebral palsy in Egypt: a case control study

 

SG (n = 80)

CG (n = 80)

P of MWU test

OHI-S§

   

 Mean ± SD

2.14 ± 0.68

1.32 ± 0.56

< 0.0001*

 Median (range)

2.0 (1.1–3.4)

1.3 (0.3–2.5)

 

Primary teeth

   

 Decay (d)

   

  Mean ± SD

6.44 ± 6.64

3.79 ± 3.83

< 0.0001*

  Median (range)

6 (0–11)

2 (0–7)

 

 Missing (m)

   

  Mean ± SD

0.28 ± 0.67

0.68 ± 0.82

0.041*

  Median (range)

0 (0–2)

0 (0–2)

 

 Filled (f)

   

  Mean ± SD

0.14 ± 0.47

0.68 ± 1.25

0.011*

  Median (range)

0 (0–2)

0 (0–4)

 

 Caries experience (dmft)

   

  Mean ± SD

6.86 ± 7.11

5.16 ± 5.21

0.039*

  Median (range)

7 (0–12)

4 (0–9)

 

Permanent teeth

   

 Decay (D)

   

  Mean ± SD

1.18 ± 1.56

0.67 ± 0.97

0.42

  Median (range)

0 (0–4)

0 (0–3)

 

 Missing (M)

   

  Mean ± SD

0.14 ± 0.47

0.05 ± 0.22

0.56

  Median (range)

0 (0–2)

0 (0–1)

 

 Filled (F)

   

  Mean ± SD

0

0.19 ± 0.51

0.07

  Median (range)

0

0 (0–2)

 

 Caries experience (DMFT)

   

  Mean ± SD

1.32 ± 1.73

0.90 ± 1.26

0.52

  Median (range)

0 (0–4)

0 (0–4)

 
  1. SG: Study group = children with cerebral palsy
  2. CG: control group = health children
  3. MWU test: Mann Whitney test
  4. *Statistically significant at P < 0.05
  5. §Student T test used