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

Table 2

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	0.47 ± 1.32	0.75 ± 1.35	0.08
mt	0.007 ± 0.082	0	0.313
ft	0.12 ± 0.37	0.02 ± 0.14	0.001
dmft	0.59 ± 1.36	0.77 ± 1.37	0.27
ds	0.57 ± 1.64	1.14 ± 1.89	0.006
ms	0.008 ± 0.084	0	0.317
fs	0.027 ± 0.16	0.013 ± 0.12	0.408
dmfs	0.6 ± 1.63	1.15 ± 1.91	0.007