Table 2 Number of bacteria; log copies (ratio of each bacteria to the total number; ×10⁻³ %)

Total bacteria

9.24 ± 9.08

9.01 ± 8.92**

9.04 ± 8.87

Porphyromonas gingivalis

5.89 ± 6.35 (37.48 ± 95.97)

5.26 ± 5.55 (17.21 ± 30.54)

5.46 ± 5.93 (20.09 ± 39.56)

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans

3.06 ± 3.63 (0.12 ± 0.48)

2.87 ± 3.37 (0.14 ± 0.61)

2.80 ± 3.30 (0.10 ± 0.39)

Treponema denticola

4.52 ± 4.65 (2.15 ± 2.62)

4.46 ± 4.66 (2.51 ± 3.61)

4.27 ± 4.47* (1.49 ± 2.09)

Tannerella forsythia

4.74 ± 4.92 (3.15 ± 4.04)

4.66 ± 4.88 (4.02 ± 6.77)

4.69 ± 5.01* (3.55 ± 5.82)

Prevotella intermedia

5.49 ± 5.98 (18.29 ± 54.65)

5.94 ± 6.60 (60.61 ± 291.80)

5.99 ± 6.68 (62.60 ± 310.50)