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Table 1 Clinical results at baseline

From: Adjunctive use of essential oils following scaling and root planing –a randomized clinical trial

Variables

test

control

P (U test)

n

23

23

 

Age

(years)

50.6 ± 5.8

50.9 ± 6.9

 

Males

(n)

11

13

 

Females

(n)

12

10

 

Smoker

(n)

8

8

 

PD

(mm)

3.3 ± 0.4

3.3 ± 0.3

0.965

AL

(mm)

3.5 ± 0.2

3.4 ± 0.3

0.947

BOP

(%)

16.5 ± 4

16.7 ± 5.5

0.724

API

(%)

18.3 ± 8.2

21.7 ± 5.6

0.094

SBI

(%)

18.7 ± 6.5

18.1 ± 5.6

0.869