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Table. 5. Table 5

Changes in salivary microbiome profiles pre- and post-scaling

Bacterial strains		Mean±SD	Mean rank	Sum of ranks	Z	P
Aa complex
A. a	Pre	49066±190033	0.00	0.00	―1.000	.317
A. a	Post	57362±222160	0.00	0.00	―1.000	.317
Red complex
P. g	Pre	14505±43632	5.75	23.00	―0.459	.646
P. g	Post	9775±17701	5.75	23.00	―0.459	.646
T. f	Pre	186439±351097	7.00	63.00	―2.667	.008^**
T. f	Post	27642±65052	7.00	63.00	―2.667	.008^**
T. d	Pre	118453±204716	8.57	60.00	―1.013	.311
T. d	Post	66665±127825	8.57	60.00	―1.013	.311
Orange complex
P. i	Pre	1587768±2599674	4.60	23.00	―1.521	.128
P. i	Post	1027369±2058029	4.60	23.00	―1.521	.128
F. n	Pre	10712363±18651840	8.15	106.00	―2.613	.009^**
F. n	Post	2291205±3208422	8.15	106.00	―2.613	.009^**
P. n	Pre	11375520±19360973	7.18	79.00	―1.079	.281
P. n	Post	8313906±11699700	7.18	79.00	―1.079	.281

**P<0.01, related-samples Wilcoxon signed ranks test.

A. a, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans; P. g, Porphyromonas gingivalis; T. f, Tannernella forsythia; T. d, Treponema denticola; P. i, Prevotella intermedia; F. n, Fusobacterium nucleatum; P. n, Prevotella nigrescen.

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