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Forest plot from the fixed-effect meta-analysis evaluating the difference in PD reduction 6 months after SRP treatment with systemic alendronate.
PD, probing depth; SRP, scaling and root planing; SD, standard deviation; CI, confidence interval; IV, inverse variance method.
