Table 4.

Baseline mean overall and buccal, mesial, lingual, distal surfaces plaque scores, and gingivitis scores.

Tooth surface	Test ± SD	Control ± SD	P Value
Plaque score
Overall	2.78 ± 0.31	2.79 ± 0.28	0.959
Buccal	1.57 ± 0.63	1.90 ± 0.62	0.156
Mesial	3.83 ± 0.47	3.63 ± 0.36	0.203
Lingual	2.25 ± 0.34	2.28 ± 0.44	0.879
Distal	3.48 ± 0.36	3.34 ± 0.33	0.298
Gingivitis scores
Overall	0.01 ± 0.02	0.03 ± 0.06	0.225
Buccal	0.02 ± 0.06	0.01 ± 0.04	0.557
Mesial	0.01 ± 0.01	0.04 ± 0.09	0.104
Lingual	0.02 ± 0.06	0.04 ± 0.09	0.470
Distal	0.01 ± 0.04	0.03 ± 0.09	0.409

There are no significant differences (P>0.05) between the test and control cases baseline overall, and buccal, mesial, lingual, and distal surface plaque scores and gingivitis scores.