[Table/Fig-5]:

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

Parameter	Time interval	Mean values (SD)	p- value
Gingival index (GI)>	0 day	1.71 (0.51)	0.000*
	22 day	1.49 (0.48)
Plaque index (PI)	0 day	2.42 (0.42)	0.000*
	22 day	2.08 (0.49)
Objective organoleptic test(ORG1)	0 day	4.1 (0.85)	0.000*
	22 day	2.15 (0.81)
Subjective organoleptic test (ORG2)	0 day	3.67 (0.66)	0.000*
	22 day	1.6 (0.6)
Anaerobic colony count (ABC)	0 day	7.99 (0.8)	0.000**
	22 day	7.06 (0.33)

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