Research Article

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 groupControl groupIntergroup difference
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal

Age in years
 Median12.612.312.312,4311,6211,90
 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 .