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

Table 4

Distribution of study participants with mean dmf(t), dmf(s), DMF(T), and DMF(S) according to stimulated salivary flow.

Stimulated salivary flow		dmft	dmfs	DMFT	DMFS
<0.1 mL/min	Diabetic group ()	1.75	0.80	2.77	3.08
	Control group ()	0.58	1.0	3.66	5.0
	value	0.938	0.876	0.493	0.224
0.1–0.5 mL/min	Diabetic group ()	0.32	0.24	2.16	2.22
	Control group ()	1.6	2.33	3.26	4.06
	value	0.00	0.00	0.005	0.00
0.6–1 mL/min	Diabetic group ()	0.73	0.77	0.038	0.038
	Control group ()	0.66	1.0	2.24	2.68
	value	0.767	0.469	0.00	0.00
>1 mL/min	Diabetic group ()	0	0	0	0
	Control group ()	0.66	0.51	0.35	1.0