Correction to: BMC Oral Health (2024) 24:110
10.1186/s12903-024-03871-0
In this article [1], few of the Table 1 entries were missed in PDF. The complete Table 1 is given below.
Table 1.
Morphometric analysis of filiform papillae, fungiform papillae, epithelium, keratin layer and lamina propria of different experimental groups
| Filiform at tip | Filiform at anterior 2/3 | Filiform at posterior 1/3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | PL (µm) | ||||
| NOR | 330.03 ± 20.61 a | 295.63 ± 7.33 a | 240.78 ± 14.62 a | ||
| DR | 175.86 ± 18.42 e | 143.88 ± 8.99 e | 138.42 ± 11.23 d | ||
| DRM | 208.33 ± 8.41 d | 202.25 ± 14.99 d | 190.70 ± 14.17 c | ||
| DRQ | 240.30 ± 23.17 c | 221.55 ± 15.93 c | 191.98 ± 12.11 c | ||
| DRMQ | 281.35 ± 27.24 b | 263.42 ± 18.04 b | 225.60 ± 16.99 b | ||
| P value | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | ||
| Group | DAB (µm) | ||||
| NOR | 87.39 ± 6.58 a | 94.79 ± 7.93 a | 100.94 ± 5.32 a | ||
| DR | 66.38 ± 7.30 c | 73.10 ± 6.05 c | 85.10 ± 3.30 d | ||
| DRM | 71.58 ± 3.65 bc | 87.27 ± 6.91 b | 89.67 ± 6.85 cd | ||
| DRQ | 73.49 ± 7.49 b | 86.56 ± 8.48 b | 92.32 ± 4.17 bc | ||
| DRMQ | 85.22 ± 7.09 a | 91.35 ± 5.32 ab | 96.10 ± 8.27 ab | ||
| P value | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | ||
| Fungiform papillae | |||||
| Group | PL (µm) | DAB (µm) | DAA (µm) | DTB (µm) | |
| NOR | 201.68 ± 8.31 a | 130.96 ± 8.20 a | 148.31 ± 1.64 a | 40.37 ± 2.68 d | |
| DR | 155.34 ± 2.82 c | 113.29 ± 7.38 b | 45.84 ± 1.45 d | 0.00 ± 0.00 a | |
| DRM | 182.37 ± 8.04 b | 133.68 ± 8.22 a | 115.59 ± 3.54 c | 49.96 ± 5.71 e | |
| DRQ | 185.62 ± 8.70 b | 125.95 ± 5.18 a | 120.90 ± 8.75 c | 34.61 ± 1.88 bc | |
| DRMQ | 191.29 ± 7.86 ab | 128.02 ± 4.56 a | 132.22 ± 7.03 b | 38.59 ± 2.10 cd | |
| P value | 0.0002 | 0.0359 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | |
| The dorsal tongue surface | |||||
| Group | ET (µm) | KT (µm) | LPT (µm) | ||
| NOR | 121.89 ± 9.89 a | 33.57 ± 2.51 a | 47.70 ± 5.29 c | ||
| DR | 76.19 ± 10.10 e | 52.86 ± 4.11 c | 64.37 ± 9.46 a | ||
| DRM | 96.21 ± 7.80 c | 43.14 ± 4.05 b | 54.94 ± 6.81 b | ||
| DRQ | 88.92 ± 8.37 d | 41.73 ± 2.85 b | 42.37 ± 2.78 d | ||
| DRMQ | 106.33 ± 6.37 b | 33.99 ± 5.26 a | 50.52 ± 3.51 c | ||
| P value | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | ||
PL; papillae length, DAB; diameter at base, DAA; diameter at apex, DTB; diameter of taste buds, ET; epithelial thickness, KT; keratin thickness, LPT; lamina propria thickness. Different letters mean significant difference at p < 0.001
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