Table 5. Masticatory Efficiency (ME) and absolute variance of the histogram of the Hue (VhH) of edentulous individuals measured prior and after treatment with complete dentures.

	Statistic	ME	ME level tag	VhH
Prior treatment	Mean	0.26	Impeded	10.26×106
	Median	0.25	Impeded	9.56×106
	Standard deviation	0.22	-	1897.01
	Mode	0.50	Limited	10.11×106
After treatment	Mean	0.71	Adequate	24.05×106
	Median	0.75	Adequate	23.49×106
	Standard deviation	0.23	-	3314.78
	Mode	0.75	Adequate	23.99×106