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Table 5 Comparison of published and calculated OR for the use of antibiotics for studies providing both means and standard deviations and percentages of residual pockets

From: An estimate of pocket closure and avoided needs of surgery after scaling and root planing with systemic antibiotics: a systematic review

Study

Cut-off [mm]

Data

3 m

6 m

Rooney [46]

3

published

2.8

2.6

 

3

calculated

7

7

Mestnik [37, 50]

5

published

1.7

2.2

 

5

calculated

1

2.2

Rooney [46]

6

published

11.3

9.5

 

6

calculated

3.4

2.2