Table 1: Sample characteristics of the study population.

Groups	Mean and Standard deviation values
	Age	No. of teeth	dmft/DMFS	dmfs/DMFS
Group I N = 15	10.50 ± 1.09 (9-12)	23.42 ± 0.9	7.00 ± 2.37	11.50 ± 6.7
Group II N = 15	10.50 ± 1.00 (9-12)	23.42 ± 0.9	6.92 ± 2.88	11.42 ± 7.29
Group III N = 15	10.53 ± 1.16 (9-12)	23.42 ± 0.79	7.67 ± 3.75	11.33 ± 8.04