A Randomized Clinical Trial of Schinus terebinthifolius Mouthwash to Treat Biofilm-Induced Gingivitis

Table 6

Biofilm accumulation at baseline and 10 days after using chlorhexidine 0.12% or S. terebinthifolius mouthwashes. Values are expressed as means ± standard deviations.

	Experimental arm; S. terebinthifolius mouthwash; (𝑛=14)	Control arm; Chlorhexidine 0.12%; (𝑛=13)	P value
SOHI baseline	1.57±0.35^a	1.80±0.46^a	0.1998*
SOHI after 10 days	1.53±0.45^a	1.21±0.34^b	0.0418*
	𝑃=0.7896^∗∗	𝑃=0.0036^∗∗

∗Mann-Whitney test; ∗∗Wilcoxon test.
Different letters in the same column/row indicate statistically significant differences.