The Role and Impact of Salivary Zn Levels on Dental Caries

Table 5

Concentration and quantity of Zn before and after stimulation with mean DMFT index of  >6.

Parameters	N	Mean	Confidence −95.00%	Confidence 95.00%	Minimum	Maximum	SD
Zn concentration, mmol/l (before the stimulation)	34	0.008	0.005	0.01	0.0002	0.03	0.008
Zn concentration, mmol/l (after the stimulation)	34	0.007	0.003	0.01	0.0002	0.05	0.009
Zn quantity, µmol/l (before the stimulation)	34	0.01	0.007	0.02	0.0005	0.07	0.01
Zn quantity, µmol/l (after the stimulation)	34	0.04	0.01	0.07	0.0006	0.49	0.08