Table 3.

Comparison of the oral health status of the experimental group and the control group at baseline

	Experimental group		Control group		Independent test
	M	SD	M	SD	t	p
Dt	2.48	2.99	2.33	3.07	0.51	0.613 *
Mt	0.13	0.62	0.11	0.50	0.35	0.730 *
Ft	0.09	0.41	0.11	0.48	–0.41	0.681 *
Dmft	2.59	3.27	2.48	3.33	0.33	0.740 *
Ds	2.96	3.94	2.58	3.62	1.00	0.318 *
Ms	0.57	2.82	0.45	2.09	0.49	0.622 *
Fs	0.09	0.45	0.11	0.48	–0.39	0.699 *
Dmfs	3.59	5.59	3.14	4.66	0.88	0.379 *

Independent samples t test. Dt, decayed teeth; Mt, missing teeth; Ft, filled teeth; Dmft, decayed, missing and filled teeth; Ds, decayed tooth surfaces; Ms, missing tooth surfaces; Fs, filled tooth surfaces; Dmfs: decayed, missing and filled tooth surfaces; SD, standard deviation. *: p >0.05.