Basic characteristics of study subjects
bleeding, tooth
BLEEDING, RECRUITMENT, PLAQUE
The study schedule and flowchart of recruitment are shown in Figure Study schedule and flowchart. (a) Study schedule. (b) A total of 57 subjects were recruited; after applying the exclusion criteria, 52 subjects were eligible to participate in this study; 26 subjects were allocated to each group, and 44 subjects were included in the final analysis. CPC, cetylpyridinium chloride; PMTC, professional mechanical tooth cleaning; SC, scaling; TCI, tongue coating index.The participants' background, age, sex, number of teeth, PPD, BOP, PCR, and GI confirmed at the time of recruitment are summarized in Table Basic characteristics of subjects in each group.
Abbreviations: BOP, bleeding on probing; CPC, cetylpyridinium chloride; GI, gingival index; PCR, plaque control record; PPD, probing pocket depth.Student's Mann–Whitney 