Table 1.
Characteristics of participants at baseline
| Total (N = 31) |
Microdroplet device & PTB (Listerine®) (H2O) |
Microdroplet device & PTB (Listerine®) |
Control (Dental floss & MTB) |
p-value* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 0.372 | ||||
| Mean ± SD | 32 ± 14 | 29 ± 7 | 30 ± 13 | 37 ± 19 | |
| Range | 19–82 | 20–45 | 19–60 | 21–82 | |
| sex, n (%) | |||||
| male | 13 (42) | 5 (50) | 2 (18.2) | 6 (60) | |
| female | 18 (58) | 5 (50) | 9 (81.8) | 4 (40) | |
| DMFT | 0.929 | ||||
| Mean ± SD | 8.9 ± 7.8 | 8.3 ± 8.4 | 9.6 ± 7.6 | 8.8 ± 8.4 | |
| Range | 0–22 | 0–22 | 0–21 | 0–21 | |
| PBI | 0.999 | ||||
| Mean ± SD | 1.6 ± 0.5 | 1.6 ± 0.5 | 1.6 ± 0.5 | 1.6 ± 0.6 | |
| Range | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | |
| RMNPI | |||||
| Mean ± SD | 1 ± 0 | 1 ± 0 | 1 ± 0 | 1 ± 0 | |
| Range | 1–1 | ||||
| QHI | 0.162 | ||||
| Mean ± SD | 2.3 ± 1.1 | 2.0 ± 0.7 | 2.8 ± 1.5 | 2.1 ± 0.6 | |
| Range | 1–5 |
*p < .05, analyzed with ANOVA. DMFT, decayed, missing, filled teeth; MTB, manual toothbrush; PBI, papillary bleeding index; PTB, powered toothbrush; QHI, Quigley-Hein index; RMNPI, Rustogi modified Navy Plaque index; SD, standard deviation;