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Table 5.

Correlation between plaque and dentin hypersensitivity (DH)

Plaque score	DH		t^*	P value
Plaque score	Present	Absent	t^*	P value
n	638	3,221	15.40	<0.001, HS
Mean ± SD	1.47 ± 0.71	1.05 ± 0.62	15.40	<0.001, HS

Independent t-test. HS, highly significant; SD, standard deviation.