Impact of various oral health variables on sum scores of sweet, sour and salty taste qualities in mean (SD) in 174 hospitalized elderly.

*p≤0.05.Significant p-values are adjusted for gender and shown in parentheses. None of the oral health variables had significant impact on bitter taste quality, and the results are therefore not presented in the table.1,2Streptococcus Mutans and Lactobacilli were assessed in 153 patients.