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 |