TABLE 5.
Number of patients with selected periodontal pathogens and mean log‐transformed counts (SD) for the control and test group at T 0 and T 3 at IMPLANTS and TEETH
| N = 57 | IMPLANTS | TEETH | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control (n = 29) | Test (n = 28) | Control (n = 29) | Test (n = 28) | ||||||
| T 0 | T 3 | T 0 | T 3 | T 0 | T 3 | T 0 | T 3 | ||
| Aa | n | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Mean counts (SD) | 6.08 (0.36) | 6.07 (1.85) | 7.51 | 8.51 | 4.81 (0.14) | 6.80 | |||
| Pg | n | 13 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 12 |
| Mean counts (SD) | 6.29 (1.09) | 5.46 (1.88) | 6.98 (1.11) | 5.98 (2.22) | 6.03 (1.49) | 5.41 (1.66) | 6.84 (1.57) | 4.48 (1.43) | |
| Pi | n | 20 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 12 |
| Mean counts (SD) | 5.13 (1.26) | 5.23 (1.61) | 5.47 (1.22) | 3.99 (2.02) | 5.26 (1.55) | 4.72 (1.31) | 5.35 (1.38) | 3.34 (1.85) | |
| Tf | n | 26 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 25 |
| Mean counts (SD) | 5.82 (0.94) | 5.26 (1.71) | 6.22 (0.90) | 5.32 (0.93) | 5.67 (1.21) | 5.19 (1.05) | 6.33 (0.94) | 4.09 (1.60) | |
| Pm | n | 28 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 24 |
| Mean counts (SD) | 5.13 (0.94) | 4.71 (1.15) | 5.14 (0.79) | 4.55 (0.81) | 4.85 (0.86) | 4.48 (1.19) | 5.08 (0.66) | 4.31 (1.22) | |
| Fn | n | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 |
| Mean counts (SD) | 5.65 (0.92) | 5.31 (1.23) | 5.78 (0.84) | 5.11 (0.86) | 5.58 (0.78) | 5.01 (1.30) | 5.81 (0.80) | 4.93 (1.06) | |
| Td | n | 13 | 14 | 19 | 11 a | 14 | 10 | 19 | 10 a |
| Mean counts (SD) | 4.96 (1.13) | 4.39 (1.57) | 5.19 (0.75) | 4.64 (0.80) | 4.68 (1.45) | 4.46 (1.20) | 5.27 (1.17) | 3.96 (1.44) | |
Abbreviations: Aa, A. actinomycetemcomitans; Fn, F. nucleatum; Pg, P. gingivalis; Pi, P. intermedia; Pm, P. micra; Td, T. denticola; Tf, T. forsythia.
a
Significant change from baseline p < .05 (McNemar test). There were no significant differences between both groups at T 3 neither for implants nor for teeth (Fisher's exact test).