[Table/Fig-3]:

Comparison of clinical, biochemical and microbiological parameters between groups.

Parameter	Groups	N	Mean	SD	p-value	(I) Groups	(J) Groups	Mean Difference (I-J)	p-value
PI	Group I	30	1.86	0.63	< 0.0001	Group I	Group II	0.056	1.000
	Group II	30	1.80	0.46			Group III	0.825	< 0.0001
	Group III	30	1.03	0.48		Group II	Group III	0.769	< 0.0001
GI	Group I	30	1.59	0.50	< 0.0001	Group I	Group II	0.483	< 0.0001
	Group II	30	2.07	0.39			Group III	1.037	< 0.0001
	Group III	30	0.55	0.29		Group II	Group III	1.520	< 0.0001
PD	Group I	30	6.70	1.12	< 0.0001	Group I	Group II	0.200	1.000
	Group II	30	6.90	1.27			Group III	3.867	< 0.0001
	Group III	30	2.83	0.75		Group II	Group III	4.067	< 0.0001
CAL	Group I	30	6.17	1.15	< 0.0001	Group I	Group II	0.200	1.000
	Group II	30	6.37	1.56			Group III	4.700	< 0.0001
	Group III	30	1.47	1.20		Group II	Group III	4.900	< 0.0001
Pentraxin 3	Group I	30	3.60	1.66	< 0.0001	Group I	Group II	0.503	0.523
	Group II	30	3.09	1.82			Group III	3.597	< 0.0001
	Group III	30	0.00	0.00		Group II	Group III	3.093	<0.0001
P.gingivalis (CFU/ml)	Group I	30	2.96	1.40	< 0.0001	Group I	Group II	0.51	0.166
	Group II	30	2.45	1.07			Group III	2.96	< 0.0001
	Group III	30	0.00	0.00		Group II	Group III	2.45	<0.0001

Clinical parameters- PI-Plaque index, GI-Gingival index, PD- Probing depth, CAL -Clinical attachment levels.

^†SD- Standard deviation; ‡N-Number of patients.

One-way analysis of variance test, followed by Bonferroni’s test