An Assessment of the Cariogenicity of Commonly Used Infant Milk Formulae Using Microbiological and Biochemical Methods

Table 5

Paired 𝑡 test for the plaque and salivary samples between the prefeed pH and the minimum pH on day 1 and day 22 considering the three IMF together.

Sr. no.	Day of reading	For plaque samples		Significance	For salivary samples		Significance
		𝑡	𝑃		𝑡	𝑃
1	Day 1	9.84	0.000	Highly significant	6.59	0.000	Highly significant
2	Day 22	9.40	0.000	Highly significant	6.92	0.000	Highly significant