Table 2.
Secretory function of salivary glands and selected dental indices.
| NZ (n = 25) |
NC (n = 9) |
PZ (n = 22) |
PC (n = 20) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 7.20 (7.62–6.61) | 7.21 (7.72–6.80) | 7.30 (7.83–6.84) | 7.10 (7.80–5.98) |
| DMFT | 5.0 (10.0–3.7) | 4.7 (6.5–2.5) | 5.5 (10.00–2.8) | 4.2 (6.9–1.7) |
| Pl.I | 0.25 (3.33–0.00) | 0.30 (2.60–0.00) | 0.43 (2.60–0.00) | 0.49 (5.55–0.00) |
| SBC | 6.57 (9.37–3.52) | 7.30 (15.00–1.87) | 6.44 (20.00–2.14) | 6.75 (14.28–2.00) |
| UWS flow rate | 0.27 (0.61–0.20) | 0.33 (0.55–0.20) | 0.27 (0.40–0.20) | 0.33 (0.33–0.13) |
DMFT, decay, missing, filled teeth; NZ, generally healthy patients without the BRCA1 mutation; NC, patients with breast cancer but without the BRCA1 mutation; UWS, unstimulated whole saliva; Pl.I score, Plaque Index; PC, patients with both breast cancer and the BRCA1 mutation; PZ, generally healthy patients with the BRCA1 mutation; SBC, salivary buffer capacity.