Table 1 Characteristics of study subjects
Subject | Age (yr) | Sex | Number of teeth | Number of DT | Number of DMFT | Salivary flow rate (ml/min) | Salivary buffering capacitya |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E1 | 24 | Male | 29 | 0 | 9 | 1.2 | Intermediate |
E2 | 26 | Male | 28 | 0 | 16 | 1.1 | High |
E3 | 22 | Female | 26 | 0 | 10 | 0.8 | High |
E4 | 22 | Female | 28 | 1 | 11 | 1.2 | High |
E5 | 22 | Male | 32 | 0 | 12 | 1.8 | High |
E6 | 24 | Male | 31 | 0 | 10 | 2.0 | High |
E7 | 28 | Male | 32 | 0 | 14 | 0.5 | Intermediate |
E8 | 28 | Male | 32 | 0 | 13 | 1.4 | High |
E9 | 23 | Female | 27 | 2 | 19 | 0.5 | Intermediate |
E10 | 22 | Female | 31 | 3 | 11 | 1.8 | High |
F1 | 24 | Male | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | High |
F2 | 24 | Male | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | High |
F3 | 21 | Female | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | Intermediate |
F4 | 22 | Male | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | High |
F5 | 20 | Male | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | High |
F6 | 25 | Male | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | High |
F7 | 25 | Male | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | High |
F8 | 22 | Female | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | Intermediate |
F9 | 26 | Male | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | High |