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. 2023 Sep 8;24(18):13834. doi: 10.3390/ijms241813834

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the experimental groups (mean ± SD).

Variables Healthy Controls
(H) (n = 15)
Periodontitis (P) (n = 15) Treated Periodontitis (T) (n = 15)
FMPS (%) 13.4 ± 6.2 79.2 ± 19.3 15.1 ± 10.2
FMBS (%) 8.3 ± 2.7 68.6 ± 19.2 10.8 ± 9.1
% sites with PPD ≤ 3 mm 99.3 ± 0.7 59.8 ± 17.1 97.3 ± 1.7
% sites with PPD 4–5 mm 0.7 ± 0.6 23.8 ± 8.4 2.7 ± 1.8
% sites with PPD ≥ 6 mm 0.0 ± 0.0 16.4 ± 12.7 0.0 ± 0.0
Number of teeth 28.5 ± 1.2 24.1 ± 4.5 23.7 ± 3.4

FMPS: full-mouth plaque score; FMBS: full-mouth bleeding score; PPD: probing depth; SD: standard deviation.