Change in overall periodontal status of periodontal treatment candidates (N=18)
| Base | After 8 weeks | p-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||||
| Pocket depth | #16 | 3.05 | 0.39 | 1.70 | 0.31 | <001 | |
| Average | #11 | 2.50 | 0.39 | 1.31 | 0.35 | <001 | |
| #26 | 3.03 | 0.67 | 1.66 | 0.29 | <001 | ||
| #46 | 2.89 | 0.48 | 1.58 | 0.37 | <001 | ||
| #31 | 2.46 | 0.36 | 1.25 | 0.21 | <001 | ||
| #36 | 2.89 | 0.56 | 1.59 | 0.27 | <001 | ||
| Pocket depth | #16 | 5.28 | 1.36 | 3.44 | 1.10 | <001 | |
| Maximum | #11 | 4.72 | 1.64 | 2.56 | 0.98 | <001 | |
| #26 | 5.06 | 1.98 | 3.22 | 1.17 | <001 | ||
| #46 | 4.94 | 1.59 | 3.11 | 1.23 | <001 | ||
| #31 | 4.11 | 1.68 | 2.39 | 1.09 | <001 | ||
| #36 | 5.00 | 1.88 | 3.17 | 0.99 | <001 | ||
| Bleeding | Visit 2 | 3.08 | 0.85 | 1.63 | 0.81 | <001 | |
| Visit 3 | 0.94 | 0.52 | <001 | ||||
| Visit 4 | 0.54 | 0.45 | <001 | ||||
| HS | 81.22 | 58.20 | 22.83 | 9.70 | <001 | ||
| MM | 39.83 | 38.22 | 9.33 | 4.43 | .002 | ||
| PHP | 3.25 | 0.45 | 2.41 | 0.44 | <001 | ||
| sPHP | 3.08 | 0.62 | 2.38 | 0.59 | <001 | ||
| mPHP | 32.22 | 9.93 | 24.17 | 8.73 | <001 |
HS: volatile sulfur compounds: hydrogen sulfide (H2S), MM: methyl-mercaptan (CH3SH), SD: standard deviation, p-value: p-value by ANCOVA adjusted by baseline.
