Table 2.

Number and percentage of pockets at baseline and after one year in laser and no-laser treated groups for the whole group (≥5mm) and subsets of molars and deep pockets ≥7mm.

Whole group	Laser Group	No Laser Group
No. of sites ≥5mm at baseline	924	1092
No. of sites ≥5mm after 1 year	15	157
% of sites ≥5mm after 1 year	1.6	14.3
Molar Subset
No. of sites ≥5mm  at baseline	503	537
No. of sites ≥5mm after 1 year	14	119
% of sites ≥5mm after 1 year	2.8	22.1
≥7mm subset
No. of sites at baseline	334	347
No of sites ≥5mm after 1 year	11	75
% of sites ≥5mm after 1 year	3.3	21.5