Table 3.

Intragroup differences in the distribution of patients according to various levels of S. mutans and Lactobacillus

		S. mutans			Lactobacillus
		Low n (%)	Moderate n (%)	High n (%)	Low n (%)	Moderate n (%)	High n (%)
Lingual technique (n = 10)	T0	0 (0)	7 (70)	3 (30)	4 (40)	3 (30)	3 (30)
	T1	0 (0)	2 (20)	8 (80)	2 (20)	2 (20)	6 (60)
	T2	0 (0)	1 (10)	9 (90)	2 (20)	2 (20)	6 (60)
	T0-T1	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
	T1-T2	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
	T0-T2	*	*	*	NS	NS	NS
Labial technique (n = 10)	T0	0 (0)	5 (50)	5 (50)	2 (20)	5 (50)	3 (30)
	T1	0 (0)	2 (20)	8 (80)	3 (30)	4 (40)	3 (30)
	T2	0 (0)	2 (20)	8 (80)	1 (10)	5 (50)	4 (40)
	T0-T1	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
	T1-T2	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
	T0-T2	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS

NS, not significant. *p < 0.05 (McNemar test).