Table 4 Number and percentage of colonised toothbrushes in the four experimental groups
From: Microbial contamination of toothbrushes during treatment with multibracket appliances
Microorganisms | S. mutans | Lactobacilli | Candida | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
MBe | 22 | 96 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
MBm | 18 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
nMBe | 19 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
nMBm | 14 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 73 | 84 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |