Effects of Nonsurgical Periodontal Therapy on Clinical Response, Microbiological Profile, and Glycemic Control in Malaysian Subjects with Type 1 Diabetes

Table 3

Comparison of the quantity of P. gingivalis, T. forsythia, and a. Actinomycetemcomitans between test and control groups at baseline and 3 months of follow-up visits and HbA1c result for test group.

	Baseline	3 months	𝑃 value
Pg
Test group	1.4×10^7±2.3×10^7	7.2×10^4±2.7×10^4	0.000
Control group	1.8×10^7±2.6×10^7	3.4×10^6±9.5×10^6	0.033
Tf
Test group	2.7×10^4±2.0×10^4	5.2×10^3±1.1×10^4	0.000
Control group	3.0×10^4±2.4×10^4	8.2×10^3±1.6×10^4	0.001
Aa
Test group	7.0×10^3±1.2×10^4	1.3×10^3±4.1×10^3	0.227
Control group	4.1×10^3±8.5×10^3	6.6×10^3±1.4×10^4	0.526
HbA1c %
Test group	9.24±2.34	8.93±2.35	0.111

𝑃: 𝑃 value of overall changes from baseline to 3 months.