Table 3.
Changes from baseline: baseline bleeding percentage vs postbaseline bleeding percentage.
| Postbaseline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Total (n) | Gingival health | Localised gingivitis | Generalised gingivitis | |
| All O-R | Gingival health | 487 | 479 (98%) | 8 (2%) | 0 (0%) |
| Localised gingivitis Generalised gingivitis |
693 149 |
570 (82%) 36 (24%) |
121 (17%) 88 (59%) |
2 (1%) 25 (17%) |
|
| O-R subgroups: iO O-R | Gingival health | 0 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Localised gingivitis Generalised gingivitis |
220 35 |
212 (96%) 13 (37%) |
8 (4%) 19 (54%) |
0 (0%) 3 (9%) |
|
| Traditional O-R | Gingival health | 487 | 479 (98%) | 8 (2%) | 0 (0%) |
| Localised gingivitis Generalised gingivitis |
473 114 |
358 (73%) 23 (20%) |
113 (24%) 69 (61%) |
2 (1%) 22 (19%) |
|
| Manual | Gingival health | 132 | 132 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Localised gingivitis Generalised gingivitis |
233 82 |
63 (27%) 4 (4%) |
167 (72%) 39 (48%) |
3 (1%) 39 (48%) |
|
| Sonic | Gingival health | 344 | 321 (93%) | 23 (7%) | 0 (0%) |
| Localised gingivitis Generalised gingivitis |
457 78 |
283 (62%) 7 (9%) |
166 (36%) 52 (67%) |
8 (2%) 19 (24%) |
|
Data shown use 3 classifications: gingival health (<10% bleeding sites), localised gingivitis (10%–30% bleeding sites), and generalised gingivitis (>30% bleeding sites).
O-R, oscillating-rotating.