Table 1.

Baseline prevalence of Solobacterium Moorei in tongue and salivary samples between groups

Groups	Number of Patients	Age	Gender		SM saliva		SM TC
			Male	Female	Percentage	Counts	Percentage	Counts
Halitosis	120	33.1	112	38	100	9.45	100	8.75
Nonhalitosis	40	32	31	19	16.6	0.83	24	1.03

SM: Solobacterium moorei SM Saliva=SM counts in saliva, SM TC=SM counts in tongue coating