FIGURE 4.

Box‐plots of changes in saliva bacterial counts between Baseline (BL) and 1 Month (M1) by PCR or PCR+PMA for Group 1 (N = 10, SRP), Group 2 (N = 10, SRP + AB) and Group 3 (N = 10, maintenance care), *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01