Clinical Study
Genotypic Diversity of Streptococcus mutans in Caries-Free and Caries-Active Preschool Children
Table 1
Distribution of the preschool children with one or more
S. mutans amplitypes by gender and caries experience (
).
| | Number of preschool children with | | 1 amplitype | 1 amplitype |
| | Gender | | | | Boys () | 5 (50.0%) | 5 (50.0%) | | Girls () | 6 (33.3%) | 12 (66.7%) | | Caries experienc | | | | Caries-free preschool children | 10 (71.4%) | 4 (28.6%) | | Preschool children with caries | 1 (7.1%) | 13 (92.9%) |
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pearman correlation
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