Table 1.

Patients’ baseline characteristics (n = 19)

Demographic and clinical features
Age (years)	46 (36–61)
Men (%)	10 (53%)
Disease duration (years)	6 (3–12)
Current smoking (%)	1 (5%)
Oral health parameters
No/mild periodontitis (%)	8 (42%)
Severe periodontitis (%)	11 (58%)
Plaque Index (PLI)	0.7 (0.4–1.0)
Approximal Plaque Index (API) (%)	75.0 (42.9–100.0)
Sulcus Bleeding Index (SBI)	0.0 (0.0–0.3)
Gingival Index (GI)	0.4 (0.0–1.0)
Probing pocket depth (PD) (mm)	0.8 (0.6–1.3)
Clinical attachment level (CAL)	1.4 (0.6–2.0)
DMFT Index	18.5 (15.0–26.0)

Data presented as medians (and interquartile ranges) or %