Table 5.

Relation between the number of teeth and dementia scale

Variable	Dementia status				P
	Severe (n=46)	Moderate (n=171)	Mild (n=60)	Normal (n=23)
Number of teeth present	13.95±8.44	22.67±5.89	24.33±5.67	26.21±4.4	<0.001**
Proportion of edentulism	25.21±31.47	12.53±11.42	11.49±4.67	11.77±6.09	0.008

P (< 0.05) significant; **Highly significant; n – Number of cases