Table 4. Genomic equivalents per microliter of P. gingivalis and T. forsythia detected by real-time PCR.

	Sample
	Control				Experimental
	pre		post		pre		post
Phylum	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2
P. gingivalis	338,000	45,499	6,450	2,326	244,000	600,000	n.d.*	n.d.
T. forsythia	98,500	18,601	6,929	10,026	64,500	66,500	1	14

^*not detected