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Table 7.

Summary of mean bacterial counts over time

Measurement	Treatment	Summary of Bacterial Counts (mean log₁₀ ± SD)
Measurement	Treatment	Baseline (N = 21)	Week 1 (N = 21)	Week 2 (N = 21)	Week 4 (N = 20)	Week 6 (N = 20)	Week 12 (N = 20)
Mean Total Anaerobes (log₁₀)^*	Prophylaxis	7.47 ± 0.512	7.11 ± 0.824^†	6.98 ± 0.633^†	7.37 ± 0.748	7.85 ± 0.965	7.14 ± 0.446^†
Mean Total Anaerobes (log₁₀)^*	Non Prophylaxis	7.56 ± 0.514	7.27 ± 0.664	7.02 ± 0.375^†	7.49 ± 0.639	7.73 ± 0.748	7.21 ± 0.338^†
Mean Total Aerobes (log₁₀)^*	Prophylaxis	7.04 ± 0.482	6.81 ± 0.487	6.67 ± 0.495^†	6.87 ± 0.468^†	8.28 ± 1.497^†	6.68 ± 0.474^†
Mean Total Aerobes (log₁₀)^*	Non Prophylaxis	7.16 ± 0.434	7.05 ± 0.957	6.68 ± 0.391^†	7.07 ± 0.590	8.31 ± 1.409^†	6.60 ± 0.517^†

Plaque samples were collected from a subset of 21 subjects only

^†

Statistically significant reduction from baseline (p < 0.05)

There were no statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) between prophylaxis and no prophylaxis