Table. 4.

Table. 4.

Changes of dental Turesky Plaque Index

Group Base 3 day 5 day 4 wks 8 wks
Exp. group mean 2.19 2.15 2.02 1.85* 1.78*
SD 0.18 0.22 0.16 0.13 0.35
Con. group mean 2.16 2.17 2.08 2.14 2.06
SD 0.19 0.17 0.20 0.18 0.34
p-value* .648 .759 .177 <0.001 .004 

SD: standard deviation, Exp: experimental group, Con: control group.

+p-value by 2 sample t-test.

*p<0.05 by paired t-test between base and after.

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