Table 4: Periodontal Index of the 5 selected articles. W (week); CV (coefficient of variation); CI (Confidential Interval); *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.

Plaque Index
(PI)
Gingival Index(GI) Bleeding on Probing
(BOP)
Pocket Probing Depth
(PPD)
Ristic 2007
Tx first appointment
T0 3 W later before treatment
T1 1 month after bracket placement
T3 3 months after bracket placement
T6 6 months after bracket placement
(mean± SD;CV %)
1.281± 0.310; 24.110
0.898± 0.329; 36.637
1.211± 0.278; 22.956
1.250± 0.336; 26.880
1.219± 0.275; 22.560
(mean± SD;CV %)
0.586± 0.288; 49.147
0.383± 0.269;70.235
1.148± 0.310; 27.003
1.352± 0.430; 31.805
1.305± 0.380; 29.119
(mean± SD;CV %)
0.516± 0.416; 80.620
0.266 ± 0.269 ;101.128
1.320 0.586; 44.394
1.336± 0.677; 50.674
1.383± 0.453 ; 32.755
(mean± SD;CV %)
2.500± 0.412; 16.480
2.500± 0.386; 15.440
3.039± 0.436; 14.347
3.211± 0.550; 17.129
3.188± 0.557; 17.472
Van Gastel 2008
T0 (molar band placement)
T1 W 18 (brackets placement)
T2 W 20
T3 W 24
T4 W 36
(mean ± SD)
Banded sites
0.34 ±0.05
0.47 ±0.06
1.57 ±0.04*
*P<0.05
value banded vs control sites (Tx/T 0)
(mean ± SD)
Bonded sites 0.24 ±0.04
0.21 ±0.01
0.53 ±0.03*
0.59 ±0.02*
0.89 ±0.03*
*P value for bonded sites (T x/ T1)
(mean ± SD)
Control sites
0.12± 0.02
0.22± 0.09
0.16± 0.01
(mean ± SD)
Banded sites
1.85 ±0.05
2.49 ±0.03*
2.98 ±0.04*
*P<0.05 value banded vs control sites (Tx/T 0)
(mean ± SD)
Bonded sites
2.00 ±0.04
2.14 ±0.01
2.49 ±0.02*
2.62 ±0.02*
2.94 ±0.02*
*P value for bonded sites (T x/ T1)
(mean ± SD)
Control sites
2.04 ±0.02
2.23 ±0.01
2.28 ±0.02
Liu H / 2011
T0 before therapy
T1 1 month after treatment start
T2 3 months after treatment start
T4 before appliance removal
T5 1 month after removal
T6 3 months after removal
T7 6 months after removal
(mean ± SD)
0.36 ± 0.45
0.66 ±0.41*
0.87 ± 0.46*
0.99±0.20
0.63± 0.26*
0.62± 0.29*
0.64± 0.24*
(mean ± SD)
0.29 ± 0.54
0.96 ± 0.51*
0.96 ± 0.43*
1.7 ± 0.73
1.0 ± 0.56
0.5 ± 0.51*
0.45 ± 0.61*
(mean ± SD)
1.05 ± 0.11
1.17 ± 0.19
1.11 ± 0.22
1.68 ± 0.22
1.544 ± 0.24
1.49 ± 0.22*
1.41 ± 0.23*
Van Gastel J / 2011
T1 before the attachments placement
T2 at bracket removal
T3 3 months after bracket removal
T1 is baseline (T-18 for the headgear group, T0 for the non-headgear group)
(mean ± SD)
Banded sites
0.4 ± 0.3 *
1.7 ± 0.4 **
1± 0.5 ***
(mean ± SD)
Bonded sites
0.2 ± 0.1 *
1.2 ± 0.3 **
0.5 ± 0.2 *
(mean ± SD)
Banded sites
2.1± 0.2 *
3.7± 0.5 **
2.9± 0.25 ***
(mean ± SD)
Bonded sites
2.2 ± 0.2 *
3.25 ± 0.1 **
2.8 ± 0.1 ***
Ghijselings E / 2014
T1 before the attachments placement
T2 at debonding
T3 2 years after debonding
T1 is baseline (T-18 for the headgear group, T0 for the non-headgear group)
(mean;CI)
Banded sites
0.357; 0–0.714
1.738; 1.381– 2.095
0.794; 0.424–1.165
T1-T2 (p<0.05)
for banded sites
T3-T1 (p < 0.05) for banded sites
(mean;CI)
Bonded sites
0.248; 0–0.504
1; 1– 1.3
0.396; 0.128-0.664
T1-T2 (p<0.05)
For bonded sites
(mean ± SD)
Banded sites
2.1± 0.4
3.7± 0.5
2.1± 0.2
T1-T2 (p < 0.05) for banded sites
(mean ± SD)
Bonded sites
2.2± 0.1
3.25± 0.2
2.0± 0.1
T1-T2 (p < 0.05) for bonded sites