Table 4.
Descriptive and comparative statistics of halitosis scores in 1st and 2nd appointments
|
Halitosis scores |
Appointments |
RSV |
CHX |
Placebo |
Tukey’s HSD, statistical significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
CHX: chlorhexidine; DW: distilled water; RSV: resveratrol; S: statistically significant at p<0.05; NS: statistically non-significant at p<0.05. | |||||
|
Organoleptic-tongue |
1st appointment (mean ± SD) |
3.18 ± 1.10 |
3.28 ± 0.91 |
3.11 ± 0.78 |
|
|
2nd appointment (mean ± SD) |
1.81 ± 1.04 |
1.85 ± 0.77 |
2.94 ± 0.82 |
||
|
1st appointment vs 2nd appointment (p-value) |
0.00 S |
0.00 S |
0.08 NS |
RSV-CHX = 0.99 NS RSV-DW = 0.00 S CHX-DW = 0.00 S |
|
|
Groups’ mean difference (mean ± SD) |
1.37 ± 0.05 |
1.42 ± 0.14 |
0.17 ± 2.11 |
||
|
Effect size |
2.22 |
1.41 |
0.45 |
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|
Organoleptic-dental floss odor |
1st appointment (mean ± SD) |
2.93 ± 0.88 |
2.64 ± 0.74 |
2.82 ± 0.52 |
|
|
2nd appointment (mean ± SD) |
1.37 ± 0.77 |
1.214 ± 0.70 |
2.76 ± 0.56 |
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|
1st appointment vs 2nd appointment (p-value) |
0.00 S |
0.00 S |
0.33 NS |
RSV-CHX = 0.83 NS RSV-DW = 0.00 S CHX-DW = 0.00 S |
|
|
Groups’ mean difference (mean ±SD) |
1.56 ± 0.11 |
1.42 ±0.04 |
0.05 ± 0.03 |
||
|
Effect size |
2.48 |
1.89 |
0.24 |
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|
Halimeter |
1st appointment (mean ± SD) |
2.64 ± 0.92 |
2.56 ± 0.81 |
2.70 ± 0.47 |
|
|
2nd appointment (mean ±SD) |
0.92 ± 0.82 |
1.50 ± 0.81 |
2.52 ± 0.51 |
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|
1st appointment vs 2nd appointment (p-value) |
0.00 S |
0.00 S |
0.18 NS |
RSV-CHX = 0.09 NS RSV-DW = 0.00 S CHX-DW = 0.00 S |
|
|
Groups’ mean difference (mean± SD) |
1.71 ± 0.1 |
1.06 ± 0.00 |
0.17 ± 0.04 |
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|
Effect size |
2.80 |
1.24 |
0.33 |