[Table/Fig-10]:

Comparison of three groups with respect to salivary S. mutans count at baseline, 1 month, 3 month and 6 month by one-way ANOVA.

Time points	Summary	Group I	Group II	Group III	F-value	p-value
Baseline	Mean	104.25	89.71	100.25	2.3558	0.1024
	SD	29.01	14.84	25.75
	SE	5.92	3.03	5.26
1 month	Mean	4.00	2.58	4.42	3.9454	0.0239*
	SD	2.50	2.32	2.28
	SE	0.51	0.47	0.47
3 month	Mean	23.00	5.83	13.83	38.2965	<0.001*
	SD	9.67	3.38	5.81
	SE	1.97	0.69	1.19
6 month	Mean	37.00	10.67	23.33	61.1288	<0.001*
	SD	10.45	4.89	8.44
	SE	2.13	1.00	1.72

*denotes statistically significant (p<0.05)