Oral Health Status and Oromucosal Lesions in Patients Living with HIV/AIDS in India: A Comparative Study

Table 2

Dentition status of the HIV positive and negative group.

Factor	HIV positive; mean (SD)	HIV negative; mean (SD)	value
Decayed teeth (DT)	4.90 (4.5)	2.43 (1.54)	<0.0001*
Missing teeth (MT)	6.30 (5.21)	3.93 (2.8)	<0.0001*
Filled teeth (FT)	1.63 (0.64)	1.98 (1.5)	0.012*
DMFT score	12.83 (9.6)	8.34 (7.6)	<0.0001*

value < 0.05 is considered statistically significant.