
Curiously, the GI scores did not follow this pattern. The GI scores were more or less uniform throughout the dentition (Figs. 3 and 4) . If anything, the mesiodistal molar scores tended to be somewhat lower than the mesio-distal scores of the remaining dentition (Fig.  3) .
The PD measurements tended to be greater for me- siodistal ( Fig. 5 ) than oro-vestibular surfaces (Fig. 6) Even in sites likely to harbor some of the species monitored, the majority of sites were often negative for these species. As a result, the mean proportions of these species reported for the various experimental subgroups appear much lower than they might be if only sites positive for these species had been examined.

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