Table 1:

Caries experience by DMFT score and caries increment after AmF gel application

		Group A32	Group B6	Group Bx	Group B0	Kruskal-Wallis test
1st examination	Mean DMFT (SD)	1.72 (1.48)	1.56 (1.34)	1.93 (1.48)	1.81 (1.64)	P >0.05
2nd examination	Mean DMFT (SD)	1.92ab (1.50)	1.89c (1.57)	2.63a (1.78)	3.10bc (1.92)	P <0.001
3rd examination	Mean DMFT (SD)	2.21ab (1.61)	2.35cd (1.54)	3.23ac (1.93)	3.95bd (2.13)	P <0.001
Ic (3rd exam – 1st exam)	Mean Ic (%)	0.48 (28)	0.80 (51)	1.31 (68)	2.14 (118)
		P <0.001*	P <0.001*	P <0.01*	P <0.001*

DMFT (Decayed, Missed and Filling teeth); SD (standard deviation); Ic (caries increment)

^*Wilcoxon test;

^a,b,c,dpost hoc tests Dwass-Steele-Critchlow-Flinger tests;

P <0.05