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Table 3.

Comparison between groups with acceptable and unacceptable oral hygiene according to mucosal plaque score (MPS)

	Acceptabl MPS ≤ n=148	Unacceptabl MPS > n=82	P-value
Teeth cleaned at least twice a day	79	33	<0.001^a
Teeth cleaned once a day or less frequently	52	84
Conservative treatment needed	5	4	0.725^b
Tooth removal needed	16	21	0.006^a
Prosthetic treatment needed	64	48	0.037^a
No dental treatment needed	63	9
Visit to dentist within the last 12 months	42	22	0.025^a
Visit to dentist more than 12 months ago	89	95
Activity of daily living	16.6±4.5	15.29±4.48	0.107^c
Number of medications prescribed	6.84±2.93	6.97±3.01	0.482^c

Notes: Eleven patients (six men, five women) are not included because of the simultaneous absence of teeth and dentures, N=248.

χ² test;

Fisher’s exact test;

Kruskal–Wallis test.