Periodontal Status in Smokers and Nonsmokers: A Clinical, Microbiological, and Histopathological Study

Table 10

Comparison of number of IC and BV density between nonsmokers and smokers. Results are presented in Mean ± SD (min-max).

Number of IC and BV density	Nonsmokers; (n = 50)	Smokers; (n = 50)	P value
Number of IC	64.70 ± 12.68; (4–468)	52.00 ± 9.79; (3–297)	0.319
BV density	11.12 ± 1.23; (2–45)	8.84 ± 0.96; (1–27)	0.179