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Table 1 Half-life and clearance of radioactivity at 30, 60, 90 and 120 min from periodontal pockets

From: Assessment of the half-life of cationic periodontal pocket irrigation

Patient

No

Pocket

Depth

(mm)

T½ (min)

Clearance at

30 min (%)

Clearance at

60 min (%)

Clearance at

90 min (%)

Clearance at 120 min (%)

1

7

30.00

50.70

69.50

81.20

88.30

2

7

35.00

45.80

67.90

81.00

88.70

3

8

24.00

58.70

79.70

90.00

95.10

4

8

8.00

88.70

98.40

99.80

100.00

5

7

15.00

65.40

83.20

91.80

96.00

6

9

40.00

40.40

55.30

66.50

74.90

7

6

14.70

73.60

92.30

97.80

99.40

8

6

25.00

56.20

76.10

87.00

92.90

9

6

4.70

97.40

99.90

100.00

 

10

6

20.00

60.70

80.90

90.70

95.50

11

8

17.30

67.30

86.20

94.10

97.50

12

8

8.70

76.60

91.80

97.20

99.00

13

7

20.00

59.50

77.00

86.90

92.50

14

6

36.00

40.60

54.00

64.40

72.50

15

6

7.30

87.10

97.50

99.50

99.90

16

6

20.00

60.80

79.70

89.50

94.60

17

6

21.00

60.80

82.10

91.80

96.30

18

7

11.20

92.20

99.40

100.00

 

19

6

32.30

73.10

93.10

98.20

99.50

20

7

16.80

85.90

98.20

99.80

100.00

Mean ± SD

6.85 ± 0.93

20.3 ± 10.2

67.1% ± 16.9

83.1% ± 13.9

90.4% ± 10.4

93.39% ± 8.0

  1. T½: half-life of clearance