The Influence of Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus on Dental Caries and Salivary Flow

Table 1

Distribution of study participants with mean D(T), M(T), F(T), DMF(T), D(S), M(S), F(S), and DMF(S) according to study group.

Variable	Diabetic group; ( = 140); mean ± SD	Nondiabetic Group; ( = 140); mean ± SD	value
DT	1.91 ± 1.94	2.07 ± 1.6	0.005
MT	0.047 ± 0.21	0.04 ± 0.20	0.00
FT	0.13 ± 0.38	0.14 ± 0.45	0.84
DMFT	2.09 ± 2.00	2.25 ± 1.64	0.004
DS	2.05 ± 2.18	2.43 ± 1.99	0.128
MS	0.19 ± 0.85	0.16 ± 0.79	0.759
FS	0.02 ± 0.14	0.15 ± 0.47	0.002
DMFS	2.25 ± 2.31	2.74 ± 2.11	0.064