References
PLAQUE
Flowchart of the study.Spaghetti plot of levels of plaque (Impact of sugar stress on the 15 most abundant genera in the supragingival microbiota for the placebo and probiotics groups. X marks significant differences between groups. Intensity of coloration marks increasing abundance.Compositional changes incited by the absence of oral hygiene. Principal component analysis (PCA) was expressed using the two most decisive components (PC1 and PC2), which covered approximately 8% of the variation of the dataset. Placebo vs. probiotics day 14 (Treatment effect measured according to disparities in alpha diversity demonstrated by the Shannon and Simpson index values between placebo and probiotics after 14 days of oral hygiene neglect (Background information of the study population. Clinical data measured according to levels of plaque and BOP %. * Significant differences.Salivary levels of IL-1β, IL-8, MIF, and MCP-1 measured in pg/mL. Data is log10 transformed and presented as means and standard deviation (sd) for the probiotics and placebo groups on day 14 and day 28; Salivary levels of amylase activity, chitinase activity, total protease activity (TPA), and albumin concentration measured in slope/min, dF/dT, slope/sec, and µg/mL, respectively. Data is log10 transformed and presented as means and standard deviation (sd) for the probiotics and placebo groups on day 14 and day 28; 