Table 3.

Comparison of reduction in OHIS among both the groups

OHI-S	Ionic toothbrush		Normal toothbrush		Mean difference	t test value	p value
	Mean	Std. deviation	Mean	Std. deviation
Baseline (1)	2.65	0.83	2.88	0.77	−0.23	−0.908	0.369
At 15 days (2)	1.43	0.29	1.95	0.54	−0.51	−3.761	0.001
At 30 days (3)	0.89	0.31	1.53	0.48	−0.64	−5.011	<0.001
p value	<0.001			<0.001
Post hoc Bonferroni test	3 > 2 > 1			3 > 2 > 1