Table 2.

Scoring of the plaque and gingival indices as well as the mean percentage with plaque and gingival index

Index	Day
	0	7	14	21	35
Median plaque index (range)	0.11 (0–0.5)A	1.44 (0.9–2.8)B	2.44 (1.5–3.5)C	3.0 (2.2–4.0)D	0.5 (0.1–1.3)E
Mean plaque index (SD)	0.14 (0.1)A	1.59 (0.5)B	2.52 (0.5)C	3.01 (0.4)D	0.57 (0.3)E
Median gingival index (range)	0.0 (0–0.1)A	0.38 (0.1–1.4)B	1.28 (0.4–2.4)C	1.9 (0.9–2.3)D	0.12 (0–1.3)E
Mean gingival index (SD)	0.01 (0.0)A	0.49 (0.3)B	1.34 (0.4)C	1.85 (0.3)D	0.17 (0.2)E

Different capital letters in a row indicate statistical differences

SD standard deviation