From: The effect of fixed appliances on oral malodor from beginning of treatment till 1 year
Gingival index | Initial | 1st month | 3rd month | 5th month | 7th month | 9th month | 11th month | 13th month | Control group |
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Mean | 0.815a | 0.862a | 1.014a | 0.962a | 1.166a | 0.841a | 0.962a | 0.975a | 0.33 |
Standard deviation | 0.184 | 0.189 | 0.260 | 0.172 | 0.157 | 0.126 | 0.106 | 0.160 | 0.123 |