TABLE 2.

Correlation between plaque and saliva levels (with and without PMA) of the 5 microorganisms at baseline and 1 month

Time point	Td/Pl‐Td/S	Pg/Pl‐Pg/S	Pm/Pl‐Pm/S	Tf/Pl‐Tf/S	Pi/Pl‐Pi/S
BL qPCR	p = 0.001	p = 0.001	p = 0.000	p = 0.003	p = 0.001
BL qPCR+PMA	p = 0.210	p = 0.001	p = 0.004	p = 0.200	p = 0.564
M1 qPCR	p = 0.013	p = 0.049	p = 0.206	p = 0.091	p = 0.471
M1 qPCR+PMA	p = 0.066	p = 0.004	p = 0.523	p = 0.883	p = 0.213

Abbreviations: BL, Baseline; M1, Month 1; Pg, Porphyromonas gingivalis; Pi, Prevotella intermedia; Pl, Plaque; Pm, Parvimonas micra; S, Saliva; Td, Treponema denticola; Tf, Tannerella forsythia. Level of significance p < 0.05.