Table 3.
Clinical parameters and GCF volume of the periodontal sites from control group and moderate chronic periodontitis group at baseline and 6 weeks after nonsurgical periodontal treatment
| Parametera | Value for the parameter (mean ± SD)b |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control group | Moderate chronic periodontitis group |
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| Baseline | 6 wk posttreatment | Healthy sites | ||
| PD (mm) | 2.08 ± 0.04 | 5.61 ± 0.13* | 3.20 ± 0.13† | 2.65 ± 0.08† |
| CAL (mm) | 2.14 ± 0.05 | 6.53 ± 0.17* | 4.19 ± 0.17*† | 3.18 ± 0.13† |
| GCF vol (μl) | 0.30 ± 0.06 | 0.73 ± 0.05* | 0.41 ± 0.04*† | 0.37 ± 0.05† |
a
PD, probing depth; CAL, clinical attachment level; GCF vol, gingival crevicular fluid volume.
b
*, statistically different compared with the control group (P < 0.05); †, statistically different compared with the baseline (P < 0.0001).