[Table/Fig-5]:

Effects on the Plaque Index (mean ± SD).

Study	Index	Intervention/Groups	Baseline	Post Intervention scores	p-value
Turkoglu O et al., [2]	Plaque Index	I Chlorhexidine	4	2	p<0.05* -
		II Placebo	4	3
Jhingta P. et al., [3]	Turesky modification Quigley hein Plaque Index	I Chlorhexidine	0.532± 0.214	.385± 0.15	p<0.05*
		II CHX+H202	0.252± 0.017	0.224± 0.131
		III H2O2+ CHX	0.341± 0.208	0.325± 0.173
Albert Kiszely A et al., [7]	Plaque Index	I 0.07% cetylpyridinium chloride mouthrinse	0.45± 0.229	0.31± 0.201	p<0.05*
		II Essential oil mouthrinse	0.41± 0.232	0.29± 0.192
Arora V et al., [15]	Plaque Index	I Toothbrush+dental floss	0.68± 0.05	0.40± 0.16	p<0.001*
		II TB + Chlorhexidine	0.67± 0.07	0.21± 0.03
		III TB alone	0.68± 0.05	0.40± 0.06
Mythri H et al., [23]	Plaque Index	I Control	2.25± 0.36	2.15± 0.34	p>0.05$ (I&II)
		II Flossing	2.31± 0.50	2.21± 0.49
		III Listerine	2.33± 0.50	2.05± 0.41	p<0.000* (III&IV)
		IV Chlorhexidine	2.35± 0.48	1.81± 0.47
Sharma N et al., [24]	Plaque index	I BC	2.77± 0.27	2.61± 0.27	p>0.05$ (I)
		II BFC	2.78± 0.30	2.37± 0.38
		III BFEO	2.75± 0.34	1.13± 0.60	p<0.001* (II&III)

*= significant, ^$ = non significant