Table 2.
Denture and Dental Plaque Scores
| Type of plaque | Baseline | After | After - Baseline | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients with Dentures | N | Mean | SD | N | Mean | SD | N | Mean | SD | P-value |
| Denture Plaque | ||||||||||
| Minimum (Best) Score | 23 | 0.70 | 0.79 | 9 | 0.22 | 0.44 | 9 | -0.56 | 0.53 | 0.013* |
| Mean Score | 23 | 0.98 | 0.69 | 9 | 0.75 | 0.48 | 9 | -0.22 | 0.67 | 0.35 |
| Maximum (Worst) Score | 23 | 1.26 | 0.81 | 9 | 1.11 | 0.78 | 9 | -0.31 | 0.59 | 0.16 |
| Patients with Natural Teeth | ||||||||||
| Dental Plaque | ||||||||||
| Minimum (Best) Score | 14 | 1.29 | 0.73 | 10 | 0.90 | 0.74 | 10 | -0.30 | 0.48 | 0.081 |
| Mean Score | 14 | 1.57 | 0.80 | 10 | 1.32 | 0.80 | 10 | -0.20 | 0.42 | 0.17 |
| Maximum (Worst) Score | 14 | 1.86 | 0.86 | 10 | 1.80 | 1.03 | 10 | -0.10 | 0.37 | 0.40 |
Denture and Dental Plaque Scores -Reflects the 23 participants that wore dentures while in hospital and 14 participants with natural teeth. In some cases a single individual could have both denture and dental plaque scores. Two individuals were edentulous and are not represented within this table.
Denture Score is on a scale of 0-4 (0 = none [0%], 1 = light [1-25%], 2 = moderate [26-50%], 3 = heavy [51-75%], 4 = very heavy [76-100%], whereas Dental Score is on a scale 0-3 [0 = no debris, 1 = soft debris <33%, 2 = soft debris 34-67%, 3 = soft debris 68-100%]. The data shown is calculated across all sections (Dentures - six + fitting plate; Dental - five) at baseline and then 'After' (across all of weeks 2,3,4 or 5). The P-value is for a one sample 2-sided paired t-test on whether the difference After-Before is significantly different from zero. * = significant at p < 0.05.