3.5. Microbiological Effect of Supplementary Consumption of Probiotics
No significant difference in the relative abundance of the predominant genera was observed between groups after 14 days of oral hygiene discontinuation (At day 28, the completely random distribution of the samples from the placebo and the probiotics groups persisted (Comparing α-diversity between the placebo and probiotics groups did not reveal any differences in diversity during the 14 days with oral hygiene neglect according to both the Simpson index (