Examination

All

p

Control

p

Intervention

p

p

Plaque Index (PI)

Baseline

0.54 (0.23)

-

0.49 (0.17)

-

0.58 (0.27)

-

0.19^c

Week 1

0.41 (0.27)

<0.001^a

0.41 (0.26)

0.052^a

0.51 (0.26)

0.002^a

Week 3

0.30 (0.16)

<0.001^a

0.29 (0.17)

0.006 ^a

0.30 (0.15)

0.055^a

Week 8

0.23 (0.16)

<0.001^a

0.24 (0.19)

0.023^a

0.22 (0.29)

0.002^a

P_{Baseline-Week 8}

< 0.001^b

< 0.001^b

< 0.001^b

0.058^d

Gingival Index (GI)

Baseline

0.66 (0.21)

-

0.65 (0.21)

-

0.67 (0.23)

-

0.67^c

Week 1

0.56 (0.17)

<0.001^a

0.55 (0.17)

0.028^a

0.57 (0.18)

0.009^a

Week 3

0.46 (0.19)

<0.001^a

0.45 (0.19)

0.036^a

0.48 (0.20)

0.012^a

Week 8

0.36 (0.18)

<0.001^a

0.37 (0.18)

0.055^a

0.35 (0.18)

<0.001^a

P_{Baseline-Week 8}

<0.001^b

<0.001^b

<0.001^b

0.39^d

Bleeding on Probing Index (BOP)

Baseline

49.5 (14.1)

46.6 (12.8)

52.1 (14.7)

0.19^c

Week 8

42.1 (14.9)

41.1 (14.7)

43.1 (15.1)

P_{Baseline-Week 8}

<0.001^b

<0.001^b

<0.001^b

0.29^d