Evaluation of Sterify Gel as an Adjunctive Treatment to Scaling and Root Planing in Promoting Healing of Periodontal Pockets: A Split-Mouth Randomized Controlled Trial

Figure 4

Bacterial contamination of specific bacteria strains was assessed through qPCR of samples obtained with probe collection in (a) treated and (b) control sites. On the Y-axis, “−” means negativity (no colony-forming units, CFU); “±” means low positivity (up to 104 CFU); “+” means moderate positivity (between 105 and 106 CFU); and “++” means high positivity (between 106 and 107 CFU). “Aggregatibacter actinomycetem” is short for Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans. Error bars show SEM.

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