Table 4.
Microbial colonies (mean±standard deviation) involving all the groups at various positions and pairwise comparison
| Positions | Rinse group | Microbial colony counts | Pairwise mean difference (P) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Water | Chlorhexidine gluconate | Herbal mouthwash | |||
| 2 | No rinse | 302.95±74.48 | 70.45**(0.007) | 232.4*** (0.001) | 173.25*** (0.001) |
| Water | 232.50±90.33 | 161.95*** (0.001) | 102.8*** (0.001) | ||
| Chlorhexidine | 70.55±31.78 | 59.15* (0.030) | |||
| Herbal | 129.70±53.35 | ||||
| 3 | No rinse | 429.20±62.62 | 50.4* (0.035) | 307.45*** (0.001) | 222.6*** (0.001) |
| Water | 378.80±73.94 | 257.05*** (0.001) | 172.2*** (0.001) | ||
| Chlorhexidine | 121.75±32.37 | 84.85*** (0.001) | |||
| Herbal | 206.60±53.12 | ||||
| 4 | No rinse | 193.90±87.92 | 61.35** (0.009) | 166.4*** (0.001) | 114.9*** (0.001) |
| Water | 132.55±61.98 | 105.05*** (0.001) | 53.55* (0.029) | ||
| Chlorhexidine | 27.50±21.80 | 51.5* (0.036) | |||
| Herbal | 79.00±47.60 | ||||
| Average | No rinse | 308.68±75.00 | |||
| Water | 247.85±75.41 | ||||
| Chlorhexidine | 73.26±28.65 | ||||
| Herbal | 138.43±51.35 | ||||
*
Statistically significant (P<0.05);
**
Highly significant (P<0.01);
***
Very highly significant (P<0.001). Microbial colony counts are not similar in all groups differ significantly from each other at P (<0.05). SD - Standard deviation; P - Probability value