Table 2.
Plaque index, gingival index, and potential hydrogen of the treatment group (n = 19) and the control group (n = 19).
Treatment | Control | p | |
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Data in mean ± standard deviation | |||
PIbaseline value | 0.56 ± 0.45 | 0.37 ± 0.34 | 0.16 |
ΔPI | −0.24 ± 0.47 | −0.25 ± 0.25 | 0.14 |
GIbaseline value | 0.45 ± 0.31 | 0.17 ± 0.19 | 0.01 |
ΔGI | −0.25 ± 0.30 | −0.13 ± 0.13 | 0.13 |
pHbaseline value | 6.83 ± 0.35 | 6.87 ± 0.4 | 0.77 |
ΔpH | 0.04 ± 0.51 | 0.18 ± 0.3 | 0.40 |
∗ p < 0.05 (t-test): treatment group vs. controls.