Effectiveness of Systematic Periodontal Treatment in Male HIV-Infected Patients after 9 Years: A Case Series
Table 2
Prevalence of at least one affected site and extent (proportion) of affected sites and teeth per mouth by degree of pocket probing depth (PPD, cutoffs ≥4 and ≥6 mm) and mean in total.
Baseline (t0)
Follow-up (t1)
value
Number of subjects (n)
9
9
1.0
Tooth count (mean (SD))
26.0 (3.2)
25.0 (2.8)#
0.063
Prevalence PPD (sites) ≥4 mm (% (SE))
9.1 (0.96)
14.0 (1.16)
<0.001
Prevalence PPD (sites) ≥6 mm (% (SE))
0.9 (0.31)
1.8 (0.44)
0.152
Proportion of sites/mouth PPD ≥4 mm (mean (SD))
9.8 (5.4)
14.0 (9.6)
0.508
Proportion of sites/mouth PPD ≥6 mm (mean (SD))
1.0 (1.5)
1.7 (2.1)
0.453
Proportion of teeth/mouth PPD ≥4 mm (mean (SD))
28.1 (15.5)
39.2 (23.3)
0.508
Proportion of teeth/mouth PPD ≥6 mm (mean (SD))
4.1 (6.1)
5.6 (5.7)
1.000
Mean PPD (mm (SD))
2.7 (0.4)
2.3 (0.5)
0.180
PPD, pocket probing depth; SD, standard deviation; SE, standard error; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; t0, the baseline examination point in time; t1, the follow-up examination point in time. #Single implant tooth replacements were clinically counted as natural teeth.
