Table 2. Description of the Characteristics Evaluated Over the Evaluation Timepoints and Comparative Test Results (n = 20) .

Variable	Timepoint					P Value
Caseum, n (%)	Before	After 3 Months	After 6 Months	After 1 Year		< 0.001
0	2 (10)	15 (75)	10 (50)	4 (26.7)
1	1 (5)	5 (25)	7 (35)	5 (33.3)
2	4 (20)	0 (0)	3 (15)	5 (33.3)
3	13 (65)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (6.7)
Size, n (%)	Before	After 3 Months	After 6 Months			0.002
1	8 (40)	11 (55)	11 (55)
2	6 (30)	7 (35)	8 (40)
3	5 (25)	2 (10)	1 (5)
4	1 (5)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Halitosis, n (%)	Before	After 3 Months	After 6 Months	After 1 Year		< 0.001
0	4 (20)	13 (65)	7 (35)	6 (40)
1	3 (15)	5 (25)	7 (35)	3 (20)
2	4 (20)	1 (5)	3 (15)	3 (20)
3	9 (45)	1 (5)	3 (15)	3 (20)
Edema, n (%)	After 3 Days	After 7 Days				0.002*
0	10 (50)	18 (90)
1	8 (40)	2 (10)
2	2 (10)	0 (0)
Culture, n (%)	Before	After				0.317*
Negative	19 (95)	20 (100)
Positive	1 (5)	0 (0)
Tonsillitis	Before 1 Year	Before 6 Months	After 3 Months	After 6 Months	After 1 Year	< 0.001
Mean ± SD	7.2 ± 7.1	3.7 ± 3.9	0.1 ± 0.3	0.3 ± 0.8	0.9 ± 2.5
Median (min.; max.)	6.5 (0; 30)	3.5 (0; 15)	0 (0; 1)	0 (0; 3)	0 (0; 10)
Pain	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3			< 0.001
Mean ± SD	1.1 ± 1.3	0.6 ± 1.2	0.3 ± 0.8
Median (min.; max.)	1 (0; 4)	0 (0; 4)	0 (0; 3)
Salivary pH	Before	After				0.259**
Mean ± SD	6.3 ± 0.4	6.4 ± 0.5
Median (min.; max.)	6 (5.5; 7)	6.5 (5.5; 7)
Patient grade	After 3 Months	After 6 Months	After 1 Year			0.011
Mean ± SD	8.6 ± 2.5	7.5 ± 2.8	7.4 ± 2.9
Median (min.; max.)	10 (0; 10)	8 (0; 10)	8 (0; 10)

Friedman’s test; * Paired Wilcoxon test; ** Paired student t test.