Baseline characteristics | 6-month characteristics | |||||
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Control group | Test group | p | Control group | Test group | p | |
Teeth with DS (n) | 18.0 (16.3–21.3) | 14.0 (12.3–22.3) | 0.412 | 4.0a (1.0–10.0) | 4.0a (0.0–7.0) | 0.616 |
DS (n) | 47.0 (28.0–63.8) | 34.0 (23.3–62.3) | 0.397 | 5.0a (1.0–22.3) | 4.0a (0.0–11.0) | 0.497 |
DS on molars (n) | 15.0 (10.3–23.0) | 18.0 (11.3–23.5) | 0.661 | 1.0a (0.3–6.8) | 2.0a (0.0–6.5) | 0.801 |
PlI (%) | 40.0 (20.0–50.0) | 30.0 (20.0–50.0) | 0.726 | 10.0a (2.0–20.0) | 10.0a (4.0–10.0) | 0.988 |
PD (mm) | 4.1 (3.6–4.5) | 3.9 (3.7–4.5) | 0.838 | 2.9a (2.4–3.6) | 2.7a (2.4–3.1) | 0.484 |
REC (mm) | 0.4 (0.3–0.6) | 0.4 (0.2–0.7) | 0.895 | 0.7a (0.5–1.1) | 0.6a (0.5–1.0) | 0.661 |
CAL (mm) | 4.2 (3.6–4.9) | 4.2 (3.7–4.8) | 0.988 | 3.3a (2.6–4.3) | 3.3a (2.7–3.7) | 0.770 |
BOP (%) | 80.0 (60.0–90.0) | 70.0 (50.0–90.0) | 0.620 | 20.0a (10.0–40.0) | 20.0a (10.0–20.0) | 0.651 |