Effect of Herbal and Fluoride Mouth Rinses on Streptococcus mutans and Dental Caries among 12–15-Year-Old School Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 5

Intragroup and pair-wise intragroup comparison of glucan levels (μg/ml) in Groups I, II, and III at Baseline, 6th month, and 12th month (per-protocol analysis).

Time period		Mean	Standard deviation	value	Pair-wise comparisons (-value)
					Baseline–6th month	Baseline–12th month	6th month–12th month
Group I (fluoride mouth rinse)
Baseline	68	35.61	18.90	<0.001	0.030	<0.001	<0.001
6th month	67	34.96	18.75
12th month	70	31.31	18.60
Group II (herbal mouth rinse)
Baseline	68	32.29	16.30	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
6th month	67	31.68	16.26
12th month	70	27.89	16.14
Group III (placebo mouth rinse)
Baseline	68	36.17	19.26	1.000	0.390	0.061	1.000
6th month	67	36.25	19.50
12th month	70	35.49	19.63

value based on Repeated Measures ANOVA (RMA) Test after adjustment for multiple comparisons using Bonferroni Correction.
Statistically significant ().