Table 2.

The values of the masticatory index during the realisation of SMT in 6 time intervals, in DS and NDS, in both sexes with and without experience with complete dentures

Measurement	Gender				Experience				Total
	F		M		E		NE
	DS	NDS	DS	NDS	DS	NDS	DS	NDS	DS	NDS
N	42	42	46	46	45	45	43	43	88	88
1x	12.9	10.8	12.4	14.8	13.6	14.6	11.9	11.2	12.7	12.9
DS	0.3	0.74	0.83	0.76	0.78	0.48	0.61	0.46	0.53	0.6
2x	25.3	19.5	16.3	23.1	20.9	22.1	20.3	20.7	20.6	21.4
DS	0.62	0.81	0.74	1.16	0.98	1.14	0.95	0.68	0.74	0.69
3x	33.9	29.6	19.5	18.4	27.9	24.9	24.7	22.5	26.3	23.7
DS	1.89	1.74	0.77	0.73	1.85	1.65	1.65	1.40	1.25	1.1
4x	24.2	25.8	20.8	21.0	23.0	25.1	21.9	21.4	22.5	23.5
DS	0.8	1.55	0.90	1.0	0.92	1.45	0.90	1.17	0.64	0.94
5x	28.4	20.7	20.0	220.1	24.8	22.1	23.2	18.7	24.0	20.4
DS	1.0	1.14	0.89	0.78	1.225	1.0	0.99	0.80	0.80	0.68
6x	33.6	26.8	18.6	22.1	25.8	26.1	25.8	22.5	25.8	24.3
DS	1.11	1.31	0.87	1.10	1.58	1.43	1.36	0.93	1.0	0.88