Micro-
organisms
Patients
Groups
≤ 105 105
Baseline 3 months 6 months Baseline 3 months6 months
Pg Control 58.3 74.4 85.4 41 25.6 14.6
Experimental 46.2 71.8 77.1 53.8 28.2 22.9
Tf Control 61.1 87.5 81.0 38.9 12.5 19.0
Experimental 63.4 85.3 72.3 36.6 14.7 27.7
Td Control 73.3 89.5 94.0 26.7 10.5 6.0
Experimental 70.8 79.6 75.4 29.2 20.4 24.6

Pg = Porphyromonas gingivalis; Tf = Tannerella forsythia; Td = Treponema denticola.