A Two-Year Longitudinal Study of the Effectiveness of the CRT^® Bacteria Test in Evaluating Caries Risk in Three-Year-Old Children

Table 3

Correlation between CRT-SM levels and caries status.

Indicators of caries status	SM level and indicators at the initial exam		SM level and indicators in the follow-up exam after two years		SM level and the increase in indicators over the two years
	r		r		r
dmft	0.3323	<0.0001	0.4030	<0.0001	0.3047	0.0003
dmfs	0.3281		0.3983		0.3489	<0.0001
CSI	0.3426		0.4099		0.3444