Table 9.

Other appliances results.

Reference	PI	BOP	Microbiological analysis
Jurela et al. [25]			SM and S. sobrinus: NS Total bacteria counts: NS
Ortu et al. [57]			G3: T0–T1–T2: NS Group 1: T1–T2: NS; LB (T1–T2): NS; SM (T1–T2): NS Statistically significant: LB (T1–T0): P = 0.011; SM (T1–T0): P = 0.005; LB (T2–T0): P = 0.007; SM (T2–T0): P = 0.006. G2: LB (T1–T2): NS Statistically significant: LB (T2–T0): P = 0.006; SM (T2–T0): P = 0.004; LB (T1–T0): P = 0.01; SM (T1–T0): P = 0.006; SM (T1–T2): P = 0.03

PI: Plaque index; BOP: bleeding on probing.