[Table/Fig-3]:

Spearman’s correlation of tongue microbial profile, tanita score and organoleptic score

Measurement	Tongue sample
	p-value*	p-value
TS Vs Pg	0.22	0.25
TS Vs Fn	0.13	0.50
TS Vs Tf	0.06	0.76
OS Vs Pg	0.26	0.17
OS Vs Fn	0.22	0.24
OS Vs Tf	0.05	0.76

TC – Tongue Coating; TS – Tanita Score; OS – Organoleptic Score

PI – Plaque Index; GI – Gingival Index; GBI – Gingival Bleeding Index

Pg- Porphyromonas gingivalis, Fn- Fusobacterium nucleatum, Tf- Tannerella forsythia *Spearman’s Correlation Coefficient p>0.05, Not Significant