Comparative Evaluation of a Commercial Herbal Extract and 0.2% Chlorhexidine Mouthwash on Three Periodontal Facultative Anaerobes: An In Vitro Study

Table 2

Effects of TMX and CHX on IhD of the three bacterial species.

Mouthwash	IhD (mm); mean ± SD^^
	TMX	CHX
Bacteria:
E. corrodens	7.42 ± 0.22	31.96 ± 1.27	<0.001
A. viscosus	8.58 ± 0.16	23.08 ± 0.66	<0.001
E. cloacae	6.46 ± 0.18	13.04 ± 0.57	<0.001

CHX, chlorhexidine; TMX, Thymex; IhD, inhibitory halo diameter; , independent sample t-test, considered significant; ^, standard deviation.