Table 6.

Comparison of Mean scores of different microbial parameters at 21 days and 45 days follow-up period between 3 groups

Variables	Group	n	Mean	SD	SE	Minimum	Maximum	P	Difference	P
21 days follow-up period
Aa	Group 1	15	985.2	192.1	49.6	639	1296	<0.001*	Group 1 versus Group 2	<0.001*
	Group 2	15	474.0	148.7	38.4	227	759		Group 1 versus Group 3	<0.001*
	Group 3	15	391.3	117.3	30.3	221	655		Group 2 versus Group 3	0.32
Tf	Group 1	15	1457.1	373.7	96.5	1077	2248	<0.001*	Group 1 versus Group 2	<0.001*
	Group 2	15	691.9	513.3	132.5	94	2115		Group 1 versus Group 3	<0.001*
	Group 3	15	701.7	224.3	57.9	334	1128		Group 2 versus Group 3	1.00
Pg	Group 1	15	504.2	176.6	45.6	228	845	<0.001*	Group 1 versus Group 2	0.004*
	Group 2	15	306.9	170.6	44.0	74	652		Group 1 versus Group 3	<0.001*
	Group 3	15	223.2	114.4	29.5	54	478		Group 2 versus Group 3	0.32
45 days follow-up period
Aa	Group 1	15	1102.1	220.4	56.9	698	1459	<0.001*	Group 1 versus Group 2	<0.001*
	Group 2	15	700.0	134.3	34.7	529	961		Group 1 versus Group 3	<0.001*
	Group 3	15	560.1	133.8	34.5	314	756		Group 2 versus Group 3	0.07
Tf	Group 1	15	1667.4	426.1	110.0	1225	2610	<0.001*	Group 1 versus Group 2	<0.001*
	Group 2	15	970.8	550.0	142.0	333	2452		Group 1 versus Group 3	<0.001*
	Group 3	15	848.9	223.2	57.6	528	1396		Group 2 versus Group 3	0.71
Pg	Group 1	15	592.5	213.1	55.0	302	958	<0.001*	Group 1 versus Group 2	0.004*
	Group 2	15	327.5	151.1	39.0	124	697		Group 1 versus Group 3 versus	<0.001*
	Group 3	15	240.5	125.2	32.3	87	466		Group 2 versus Group 3	0.34

*Statistically significant (P<0.001). Group 1 – SRP; Group 2 – SRP + 1% chlorhexidine gel; Group 3 – SRP + 2% nanocurcumin gel; Aa – Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (CFU/ml); Tf – Tannerella forsythia (CFU/ml); Pg – Porphyromonas gingivalis (CFU/ml); SD – Standard deviation; SRP – Scaling and root planing; SD – Standard deviation; SE – Standard error; P – P value; n – No of subjects