Table 2.

Periodontal Measures Among Study Participants by AI Use

Periodontal Characteristic	No AI use N=29	AI use N=29	P-Value†
	Mean ± SD*	Mean ± SD*
Number of teeth	26.6 ± 1.6	26.1 ± 2.3	0.39
Number of plaque /biofilm sites	16.3 ± 6.6	55.4 ± 3.4	0.03
Number of calculus sites	6.4 ± 1.7	18.2 ± 3.0	0.001
Number of gingival bleeding sites	16.7 ± 12.3	27.8 ± 23.4	0.02
Pocket depth (mm)‡	2.0 ± 0.29	2.0 ± 0.27	0.95
Worst-site pocket depth∥ (mm)‡	4.2 ± 1.4	4.6 ± 0.75	0.21
Attachment loss (mm)‡	1.4 ± 0.39	1.5 ± 0.75	0.56
Worst-site attachment loss (mm)‡	4.0 ± 1.0	5.2 ± 2.3	0.01
Gingival recession	0.28 ± 0.44	0.36 ± 0.67	0.06
Radiographic bone (Mean bone height)	2.69 ± 0.46	2.65 ± 0.63	0.06
Women with:	n(%)	n (%)	P Value‡
Gingival Recession (GR), percent (%)
% with GR of 0-1 mm§	8 (27.6)	2 (6.9)
% with GR of 2 mm§	7 (24.1)	11(37.9)
% with GR of 3 mm§	11(37.9)	10 (34.5)
% with GR of 4 mm§	3 (10.3)	6 (20.7)	0.35
Periodontitis±
% with AL = 3 mm§ (Mild)	8 (27.5)	5 (17.2)
% with AL >=4 mm§ but < 6 mm (Moderate)	17 (58.3)	14 (48.3)
% with of AL >= 6 mm (Severe)	2 (6.9)	9 (31.0)	0.03

^*Standard deviation of the mean

^†Two sample t-test

^‡Chi-square test of association

^§mm, millimeters

^∥Worst site was calculated using interproximal values

^±One patient in each group did not have periodontitis resulting in an n=28 for this measure.