GO

CP

Intragroup comparison

Baseline

After 4 weeks

P-value

Baseline

After 4 weeks

P-value

P-value^*

Total bacterial amount

5.3 (0.6)

4.8 (0.6)

0.17

4.8 (0.4)

4.6 (0.5)

0.31

0.43

P. gingivalis (log₁₀)

0.5 (1.8)

0.5 (0.0)

0.66

0.50 (0.0)

0.50 (0.0)

0.08

0.55

T. forsythia (log₁₀)

2.50 (2.9)

2.10 (2.5)

0.37

2.40 (2.0)

0.50 (1.0)

0.08

0.21

T. denticola (log₁₀)

2.10 (1.8)

1.70 (1.6)

0.52

0.50 (0.9)

0.50 (0.0)

0.16

0.04

P. gingivalis ratio (%)

0.00 (0.0)

0.00 (0.0)

0.66

0.00 (0.0)

0.00 (0.0)

0.08

0.66

T. forsythia ratio (%)

0.41 (0.78)

0.16 (0.31)

0.32

0.08 (0.29)

0.00 (0)

0.04

0.35

T. denticola ratio (%)

0.04 (0.08)

0.04 (0.02)

0.65

0.00 (0)

0.00 (0)

0.25

0.28