Table 2.

Comparison of the Means of DMFT and Salivary Flow Rates with Patient Groups

	Study group	Mean	p
DMFT	Patient group	8.50 ± 4.63	0.004*
	Control group	4.75 ± 2.76
Salivary Flow Rates	Patient group	0.27 ± 0.05	0.002*
	Control group	0.33 ± 0.05

*p < 0.05 (Independent Sample T-test) (Mann Whitney U)