Table 8.

Removable appliances results.

Reference	PI	BOP	Microbiological analysis
Arikan et al. [11]	G1: T0–T1: 0.04; T0–T2: 0.01; T0–T3: 0.34 G2: T0–T1: 0.56; T0–T2: 0.61; T0–T3: 0.27	G1: T0–T1: 0.09; T0–T2: 0.03; T0–T3: 0.001 G2: T0–T1: 0.98; T0–T2: 0.07; T0–T3: 0.05	T0: T1: Mean Candida: P(G1) = 0.68; P(G2) = 0.16 Total Candida: P(G1) = 0.47; P(G2) = 0.19 T2: Mean Candida: P(G1) = 0.003; P(G2) = 0.12 Total Candida: P(G1) = 0.01; P(G2) = 0.11 T3: Mean Candida: P(G1) = 0.00; P(G2) = 0.04 Total Candida: P(G1) = 0.00; P(G2) = 0.07
D’Ercole et al. [17]	FMPS: T0 vs. T2: P < 0.05*	FMBS: T0 vs. T2: P < 0.05*	SM: T0 vs. T1: NS; T0 vs. T2: NS; T1 vs. T2: NS
Farhadian et al. [18]			SM count: T1: P value = 0.586; T2: P value = 0.000
Levrini et al. [31]	G1 vs. G2: P < 0.05 G1(T0) vs. G1(T2): P < 0.05	G1 vs. G2: P < 0.05	G1 vs. G2: P < 0.05 G1(T0) vs. G1(T2): P < 0.05
Topaloglu et al. [50]			Means and standard deviations of SM expressed as log10 CFU a,cP < 0.05, b,dP > 0.05 G1: SM (T0): 4.4 ± 1.1a,b; SM (T1): 4.0 ± 1.4; SM (T2): 4.4 ± 1.1a; SM (T3): 5.2 ± 0.6b G2: SM (T0): 4.1 ± 1.0c,d; SM (T1): 4.2 ± 1.3c; SM (T2): 4.4 ± 1.0c; SM (T3): 5.5 ± 1.0d Means and standard deviations of LB expressed as log10 CFU a,cP < 0.05, b,dP > 0.05: G1: LB (T0): 5.6 ± 1.2a,b; LB (T1): 5.4 ± 1.4a; LB (T2): 5.8 ± 1.3a; LB (T3): 6.6 ± 0.7b G2: LB (T0): 5.7 ± 1.0c,d; LB (T1): 5.9 ± 1.4c; LB (T2): 6.0 ± 1.1c; LB (T3): 6.3 ± 0.6d
Türköz et al. [53]			Mean of LB at T3 (14.49 CFU/ml) higher than at T0, T1, and T2: T0–T3: P < 0.05 Mean of SM at T1 (43.72 CFU/ml) higher than at T0, T2, and T3: T0–T1: P < 0.05; T1–T2: P < 0.05 SM and LB scounts in saliva: NS among T0, T1, T2, and T3

PI: Plaque index; BOP: bleeding on probing.