In Vitro Adherence of Oral Bacteria to Different Types of Tongue Piercings

Table 1

Mean adherence of E. corrodens and S. oralis in CFU/mL for the four types of piercings.

	Surgical steel	Titanium	Bioplast	Teflon	value
E. corrodens	11.95 × 10^5	6.40 × 10^5	67.36 × 10^5	36.72 × 10^5	0.001
S. oralis	29.68 × 10^5	24.21 × 10^5	77.38 × 10^5	68.34 × 10^5	0.007
value

Test used: Kruskal-Wallis; Mann-Whitney; -test.