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Table 7.

Mean (±standard deviation) for microbiological outcome measures in saliva

Species	Time point	Mean log10 cfu/ml ± SD			Δ mean log10 cfu/ml
		SRP	SRP + P	p-value	SRP	SRP + P	p-value
Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans	Baseline	3.07 ± 2.06	3.02 ± 2.86	NS
	3 weeks	0.68 ± 1.8^*	0.66 ± 1.82^*	NS	−2.99 ± 0.78	−3.93 ± 1.91	NS
	6 weeks	0.75 ± 2^*	1.07 ± 2.27^*	NS	−2.9 ± 0.95	−3.26 ± 1.95	NS
	9 weeks	1.07 ± 2.3^*	1.17 ± 2.46^*	NS	−2.51 ± 1.24	−3.09 ± 2.11	NS
	12 weeks	1.31 ± 2.45^*	1.67 ± 2.66^*	NS	−2.2 ± 1.54	−2.25 ± 1.6	NS
Fusobacterium nucleatum	Baseline	6.8 ± 1.03	5.86 ± 2.17	NS
	3 weeks	1.34 ± 2.46^*	0.51 ± 1.29^*	NS	−5.46 ± 2.11	−5.35 ± 2.2	NS
	6 weeks	3.2 ± 2.71^*	3.2 ± 2.6^*	NS	−3.6 ± 2.44	−2.65 ± 1.64	NS
	9 weeks	4.32 ± 2.6^*	3.64 ± 2.75^*	NS	−2.48 ± 2.29	−2.22 ± 1.66	NS
	12 weeks	5.82 ± 1.34^*	4.83 ± 2.47^*	NS	−0.98 ± 0.83	−1.02 ± 1.19	NS
Porphyromonas gingivalis	Baseline	6.7 ± 1.72	6.92 ± 1.33	NS
	3 weeks	3.9 ± 2.02^*	2.94 ± 2.11^*	NS	−2.8 ± 2.21	−3.99 ± 2.28	0.093
	6 weeks	4.88 ± 1.77^*	4.42 ± 1.51^*	NS	−1.82 ± 1.64	−2.5 ± 1.31	0.071
	9 weeks	5.73 ± 1.98^*	5.23 ± 1.01^*	0.085	−0.96 ± 0.85	−1.69 ± 0.94	0.011
	12 weeks	6.48 ± 1.61^*	5.75 ± 0.96^*	0.098	−0.22 ± 0.21	−1.17 ± 0.76	0.000
Prevotella intermedia	Baseline	7.57 ± 1.13	6.74 ± 1.49	NS
	3 weeks	2.06 ± 2.41^*	2.09 ± 2.28^*	NS	−5.51 ± 2.4	−4.65 ± 2.22	NS
	6 weeks	4.73 ± 1.76^*	3.6 ± 2.14^*	NS	−2.84 ± 2.04	−3.14 ± 1.71	NS
	9 weeks	5.59 ± 1.34^*	4.06 ± 2.38^*	0.085	−1.98 ± 1.61	−2.68 ± 1.89	NS
	12 weeks	6.7 ± 1.27^*	5.37 ± 1.34^*	0.017	−0.87 ± 0.92	−1.37 ± 0.89	NS
Tannerella forsythia	Baseline	6.7 ± 0.55	6 ± 1.84	NS
	3 weeks	1.26 ± 1.99^*	1.75 ± 2.27^*	NS	−5.44 ± 1.97	−4.56 ± 2.07	NS
	6 weeks	3.5 ± 2.47^*	3.98 ± 2.11^*	NS	−3.2 ± 2.4	−2.17 ± 1.27	NS
	9 weeks	4.92 ± 2.06^*	4.59 ± 2.25^*	NS	−1.78 ± 1.79	−1.52 ± 1.35	NS
	12 weeks	6.11 ± 1.08^*	5.36 ± 1.82^*	NS	−0.59 ± 0.73	−0.69 ± 0.67	NS
Total load	Baseline	10.82 ± 0.5	10.3 ± 0.35	NS
	3 weeks	7.76 ± 1.38^*	7.5 ± 1.37^*	NS	−3.06 ± 1.35	−2.8 ± 1.47	NS
	6 weeks	9.18 ± 0.97^*	8.7 ± 1.02^*	NS	−1.64 ± 0.9	−1.6 ± 1.01	NS
	9 weeks	9.76 ± 0.93^*	9.21 ± 0.91^*	NS	−1.06 ± 0.85	−1.1 ± 0.87	NS
	12 weeks	10.31 ± 0.77^*	9.74 ± 0.65^*	0.074	−0.51 ± 0.55	−0.56 ± 0.5	NS

Significance of differences between groups: p > 0.1: not significant (NS); p < 0.1 to > 0.05: tendency; p < 0.05: significant (bold).

Significantly different from baseline.

SRP, scaling and rootplaning + placebo lozenge; SRP + P, scaling and rootplaning + probiotic lozenge.