Table 3.
Evaluation stage | Mean (SD) | ||
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test (n = 199) | ctrl (n = 188) | p | |
post-scaling (baseline) | 1.64 ± 0.64 | 1.58 ± 0.63 | 0.457 |
post-polishing (0 week) | 1.28 ± 0.85 † | 1.21 ± 0.85 † | 0.574 |
2 weeks | 0.92 ± 0.71 † | 1.04 ± 0.75 † | 0.200 |
4 weeks | 0.69 ± 0.71 † | 0.97 ± 0.77 † | 0.000*** |
6 weeks | 0.66 ± 0.68 † | 0.84 ± 0.78 † | 0.047* |
change of Schiff 0 | 0.36 ± 0.72 | 0.37 ± 0.64 | 0.973 |
change of Schiff 2 | 0.72 ± 0.81 | 0.54 ± 0.78 | 0.080 |
change of Schiff 4 | 0.94 ± 0.92 | 0.61 ± 0.83 | 0.000*** |
change of Schiff 6 | 0.97 ± 0.90 | 0.74 ± 0.80 | 0.027* |
†: statistically significantly different from baseline Schiff score by paired t test (p < 0.001)
*: statistically significantly different from control group by mixed linear model (p < 0.05);
***: statistically significantly different from control group by mixed linear model (p < 0.001)