Short-term anti-plaque effect of a cymenol mouthwash analysed using the DenTiUS Deep Plaque software: a randomised clinical trial

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the study groups

Clinical parameters registered	Test group A (n = 24)	Test group B (n = 26)	p-value
Age (years)	21.87 ± 1.51	22.00 ± 3.07	0.835
Gender
Men	10	6
Women	14	20	0.227
Number of teeth	28.54 ± 1.69	29.03 ± 1.56	0.284
Bacterial plaque (%)	6.20 ± 6.00	6.40 ± 6.20	0.914
Gingival bleeding (%)	3.20 ± 3.00	3.40 ± 3.20	0.821
Probing pocket depth (mm)	1.79 ± 0.22	1.70 ± 0.24	0.184

Values indicate means (± standard deviations) and the number of subjects. After applying the Shapiro-Wilk test and determining the non-normal distribution of almost all the clinical variables, the Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare the quantitative clinical variables between the two study groups; the exception was the variable “probing pocket depth” (where the Student’s t-test was applied for independent groups). Fisher´s exact test was used to assess the association of the qualitative variables between the two study groups. A significance level of p < 0.05 was established
mm, millimetres; SD, standard deviation

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