Table 3.

Comparison of the different subgingival plaque values between the two groups in the split-mouth study.

Bacteria	Group	Median	Upper quartile	Lower quartile	P
Pg	experimental	.0956	.0011	.2487	0.044∗
	control	.0009	−.0201	.1704
Tf	experimental	.0000	−.0021	.0109	0.339
	control	.0001	−.0009	.0162
Pi	experimental	.0097	−.0090	.0358	0.376
	control	−.0001	−.0432	.0149
Td	experimental	.0094	−.0021	.0165	0.045∗
	control	.0028	−.0082	.0150
Fn	experimental	0.01088	0.02942	0.00175	0.021∗
	control	0.01822	0.04239	0.00299
Sg	experimental	.01304	0.1740	0.0781	0.017∗
	control	0.1876	0.2362	0.0937
Av	experimental	0.0001911	0.0005142	0.000907	0.133
	control	0.0002786	0.0006597	0.000977

∗ indicates P < 0.05 compared with the control group.