[Table/Fig-4]:

Comparison of mean pre and post values of gingival index, plaque index, organoleptic scores and anaerobic colony count within CHX group

Parameter	Time interval	Mean values (SD)	p- value
Gingival index (GI)	0 day	1.77 (0.58)	0.000*
	22 day	1.53 (0.54)
Plaque index (PI)	0 day	2.45 (0.44)	0.000*
	22 day	2.19 (0.19)
Objective organoleptic test (ORG1)	0 day	4.1 (0.91)	0.000*
	22 day	2.2 (0.83)
Subjective organoleptic test (ORG2)	0 day	3.6 (0.68)	0.000*
	22 day	1.95 (0.68)
Anaerobic colony count (ABC)	0 day	8.02 (0.82)	0.000*
	22 day	6.93 (0.3)

* P<0.05,Wilcoxan sign rank test, ** P<0.05, Student t test