Table 2.
Groups | Clinical Periodontal Diagnosisa | p-value | |||||||
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Health | Gingivitis | Periodontitis | Total | ||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
1 | 6 | (37%) | 10 | (62%) | 0 | (0%) | 16 | (100%) | 0.1035 |
2 | 7 | (33%) | 7 | (33%) | 7 | (33%) | 21 | (100%) | |
3 | 6 | (40%) | 5 | (33%) | 4 | (27%) | 15 | (100%) | |
4 | 8 | (53%) | 6 | (40%) | 1 | (7%) | 15 | (100%) |
aThe periodontal diagnosis was established after oral evaluation and was classified as healthy (when < 30% of the periodontal sites presented gingival bleeding), gingivitis (>30% of the periodontal sites presented gingival bleeding) or periodontitis (presence of four or more teeth with one or more sites presenting PD ≥ 4 mm and loss of clinical insertion ≥ 3 mm at the same site).