Effects of Brazilian Propolis on Dental Plaque and Gingiva in Patients with Oral Cleft Malformation Treated with Multibracket and Removable Appliances: A Comparative Study

Table 2

Plaque index (PLI) and gingival index (GI) scores of patients propolis group and control group treated with multibrackets or removable appliances; intragroup differences between baseline and final study.

		Propolis group			Control group
		Median (IQR)		Intragroup difference	Median (IQR)		Intragroup difference
		Baseline	Final study		Baseline	Final study
GI	Multibracket appliances	1.75 (1.75)	1.5 (1.62)	0.01	1.54 (1.97)	1.79 (1.15)	0.24
	Removable appliances	1.12 (1.25)	1.12 (1.23)	0.02	1.33 (0.70)	1.75 (0.93)	0.64
	Total	1.50 (1.25)	1.25 (1.37)	<0.01	1.33 (1.37)	1.75 (1.02)	0.25
PLI	Multibracket appliances	1.50 (1.0)	1.50 (1.04)	<0.01	1.06 (1.15)	0.96 (0.52)	0.02
	Removable appliances	1.40 (0.79)	1.08 (0.79)	0.03	0.95 (0.91)	0.96 (0.64)	0.87
	Total	1.50 (1.0)	1.25 (1.0)	<0.01	0.96 (1.0)	0.96 (0.42)	0.03

IQR, interquartile range; significance if .