Effects of Brazilian Propolis on Dental Plaque and Gingiva in Patients with Oral Cleft Malformation Treated with Multibracket and Removable Appliances: A Comparative Study
Table 1
Characteristic of propolis group and control group; intergroup differences.
Propolis group
Control group
Intergroup difference
Female
Male
Total
Female
Male
Total
Age in years
Median
12.6
12.3
12.3
12,43
11,62
11,90
25th–75th percentile (IQR)
11.2–13.6 (2.4)
10.9–14.7 (3.8)
11.14–14.1 (2.9)
10.7–13.8 (3.1)
9.8–12.8 (3.0)
10.3–13.1 (2.8)
0.375
UCLP (%)
9 (18.7%)
15 (31.3%)
24 (50%)
8 (21.6%)
13 (35.1%)
21 (56.7%)
0.536
BCLP (%)
3 (6.2%)
5 (10.4%)
8 (16.6%)
3 (8.1%)
7 (18.9%)
10 (27%)
0.955
UCL (%)
6 (12.5%)
10 (20.9%)
16 (33.4%)
4 (10.8%)
2 (5.4%)
6 (16.2%)
0.246
Multibracket appliances (%)
10 (20.9%)
21 (43.7%)
31 (64.6%)
8 (21,6%)
12 (32.4%)
20 (54.0%)
0.074
Removable appliances (%)
8 (16.7%)
9 (18.7%)
17 (35.4%)
7 (19.0%)
10 (27.0%)
17 (46.0%)
0.325
DMFT
Mean (SD)
4.45 (3.55)
4.51 (4.48)
Median (IQR)
5.0 (6.0)
5.0 (5.0)
0.22
GI
Mean (SD)
1.58 (0.85)
1.52 (0.87)
Median (IQR)
1.5 (1.2)
1.3 (1.3)
0.67
PLI
Mean (SD)
1.47 (0.62)
1.22 (0.83)
Median (IQR)
1.5 (1.0)
0.96 (1.0)
0.06
IQR, interquartile range; Mann-Whitney test; chi-square test, significance if .