Table 3.
Mean dietary cariogenicity score* for each category of Dentocult SM scores (n = 355)
| |
Dentocult SM score |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Mean ± SD |
41.0 ± 18.0 |
47.5 ± 18.3 |
51.8 ± 19.5 |
57.8 ± 20.1 |
| n | 24 | 122 | 140 | 69 |
P < 0.001, Kruskal-Wallis test.
*The dietary cariogenicity score was calculated by multiplying the frequency score for each item by a cariogenicity rating (3 points, 0–2, “possibly cariostatic” to “highly cariogenic”) based on the Palmer cariogenicity classification and then summing to create the overall score.