Research Article

Effect of Scaling and Root Planing on Detection of Tannerella forsythia in Chronic Periodontitis

Table 3

Comparison of detection frequency of T.  forsythia in groups 2 and 3 at baseline and post-SRP.

T. forsythia BaselinePost-SRPFisher’s exact test

Group 2Present06 (40%)01 (6.67%) 0.08
( )
Absent09 (60%)14 (93.33%)

Group 3Present11 (73.33%)02 (13.33%) 0.0025
( )
Absent04 (26.67%)13 (86.67%)