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A questionnaire established oral hygiene and smoking habits. The dental examination included the caries index <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DMF<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">T<\/jats:styled-content>, evaluation of the periodontal situation (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PSI<\/jats:styled-content>) as well as gingival inflammation [papilla bleeding index (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PBI<\/jats:styled-content>)].<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Seventy\u2010seven <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DA<\/jats:styled-content>s and 46 <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PT<\/jats:styled-content>s used dental floss regularly. Twenty\u2010four <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DA<\/jats:styled-content>s and 27 <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PT<\/jats:styled-content>s were smokers. The mean <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DMF<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">T<\/jats:styled-content> of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DA<\/jats:styled-content>s was 12.5, which was significantly lower than the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DMF<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">T<\/jats:styled-content> of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PT<\/jats:styled-content>s (17.0) (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001). The main reason for this difference was the number of missing teeth (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DA<\/jats:styled-content>s: 0.9, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PT<\/jats:styled-content>s: 4.8; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001). In both groups, several participants required periodontal treatment. Nevertheless, the number of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DA<\/jats:styled-content>s with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PSI<\/jats:styled-content> scores 3 or 4 was significantly lower (9%) than the corresponding number of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PT<\/jats:styled-content>s (63%) (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001). 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