Mechanical Periodontal Therapy Recovered the Phagocytic Function of Monocytes in Periodontitis

Table 1

Epidemiological profile of studied subjects.

Groups	Number and percentage		Age (years) mean ± SD	Number of teeth mean ± SD	Patients/endpoint
	Male	Female
Control	9 (33%)	18 (67%)	33.2 ± 6.4	28.8 ± 2.0	—
Periodontitis	9 (32%)	19 (68%)	34.36 ± 6.2	27.3 ± 4.8	9 months (n = 10)
					10 months (n = 10)
					12 months (n = 3)