Salivary Gland Dysfunction in Stroke Patients Is Associated with Increased Protein Glycoxidation and Nitrosative Stress

Table 2

Dental characteristics of both groups of stroke patients and controls.

Dental characteristics	Control group	Study group ()		value
		Stroke with NS	Stroke with HP	NS vs. CG	HP vs. CG	NS vs. HP
DMFT ()				ns	ns	ns
GI (in stroke patients with HP six completely edentulous patients were excluded from calculations, i.e., ) ()				ns	ns	ns
PlI (in stroke patients with HP six completely edentulous patients were excluded from calculations, i.e., ) ()				ns	ns	ns

Abbreviations: NS: normal salivary secretion; HP: reduced salivary secretion; ns: not significant; n: number of patients; CG: control group; DMFT index: a sum of decayed teeth (DT), teeth missing due to carious process (MT), and teeth filled because of caries (FT); GI: Gingival Index; PlI: Plaque Index.