Salivary Markers and Microbial Flora in Mouth Breathing Late Adolescents

Table 6

Distribution of data of bacterial count and statistical comparisons within and between groups.

		Subjects with CFU/ml > 10^5 (t0)	t0 versus t1	Subjects with CFU/ml > 10^5 (t1)	t1 versus t2	Subjects with CFU/ml > 10^5 (t2)	t0 versus t2
S. Mutans	Control group	0%	n.s.	15%	n.s.	15%	n.s.
	Study group	0%	n.s	5%		45%
	Differences between groups	n.s.
Lactobacilli	Control group	10%	n.s.	0%	n.s.	10%	n.s.
	Study group	0%	n.s.	5%		35%
	Differences between groups			n.s.

n.s.: not significant; .