Table 2. Intra-group comparison of the measurements of radiographic parameters (mean ± SD) at baseline and 6 months later (in mm) .

Parameters	Group 1		Group 2
	Mean ± SD	P-value*	Mean ± SD	P-value*
CEJ-BD (in mm)
Baseline	10.16 ± 0.59		10.35 ± 0.63
6 months	9.96 ± 0.64	<0.0001 (HS)	8.20 ± 0.61	<0.0001 (HS)
CEJ-AC (in mm)
Baseline	5.33 ± 0.68		5.49 ± 0.78
6 months	5.34 ± 0.58	0.940 (NS)	5.04 ± 0.58	0.012 (S)
AC-BD (in mm)
Baseline	4.84 ± 0.37		4.87 ± 0.45
6 months	4.62 ± 0.37	0.337 (NS)	3.16 ± 0.29	<0.0001 (HS)
MD (in mm)
Baseline	2.03 ± 0.51		2.63 ± 0.65
6 months	1.81 ± 0.53	0.053 (NS)	1.75 ± 0.59	<0.0001 (HS)
BL (in mm)
Baseline	5.20 ± 1.31		4.89 ± 1.63
6 months	4.35 ± 1.43	0.003 (S)	3.53 ± 1.66	<0.0001 (HS)

*Obtained using paired t-test; NS: Not Significant, S: Significant, HS: Highly Significant