Table. 4.

Table. 4.

Changes of Turesky Plaque index

Group N Turesky Plaque index (mean±SD)

Base After 1 week After 2 weeks After 4 weeks After 8 weeks After 16 weeks
C 30 1.17±0.68 1.14±0.65 1.17±0.69 1.18±0.48 1.22±0.47 1.17±0.64
E 30 0.99±0.52 0.99±0.53 0.88±0.47 0.81±0.44* 0.72±0.46** 0.72±0.45*
p-value 0.247 0.326 0.061 0.003 <0.001 0.002

C: control group, E: experimental group, SD: standard deviation, p-value: p value by 2-sample t-test.

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

**p<0.01 by paired t-test between base and after.

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