Table 2.
Clinical parameters of test and control group.
| Baseline (before Debridement) |
4 Weeks | 8 Weeks | 12 Weeks |
p Value (4 Weeks vs. 12 Weeks) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PI | Control | 3.84 ± 1.90 | 2.50 ± 1.68 | 2.26 ± 1.61 | 2.09 ± 1.52 | 0.33 |
| Test | 3.56 ± 1.82 | 2.77 ± 2.07 | 2.32 ± 1.97 | 1.86 ± 1.46 * | 0.037 | |
|
p value (Test vs. Control) |
0.35 | 0.74 | 0.87 | 0.52 | ||
| CI | Control | 1.66 ± 1.29 | 0.50 ± 0.54 | 0.61 ± 0.84 | 0.48 ± 0.38 | 0.58 |
| Test | 1.43 ± 1.25 | 0.47 ± 0.50 | 0.53 ± 0.60 | 0.47 ± 0.42 | 0.73 | |
|
p value (Test vs. Control) |
0.26 | 0.90 | 0.78 | 0.70 | ||
| CI 41 | Control | 4.26 ± 1.56 | 2.40 ± 2.44 | 1.83 ± 1.92 | 2.14 ± 1.65 | 0.92 |
| Test | 4.18 ± 2.15 | 2.15 ± 2.29 | 2.10 ±2.26 | 2.33 ± 2.20 | 0.63 | |
|
p value (Test vs. Control) |
0.66 | 0.75 | 0.84 | 0.98 | ||
| GI | Control | 5.43 ± 2.54 | 4.19 ± 2.34 | 4.32 ± 2.42 | 4.03 ± 2.73 | 0.92 |
| Test | 5.51 ± 2.98 | 4.30 ± 2.73 | 3.73 ± 2.64 | 3.42 ± 2.45 | 0.14 | |
|
p value (Test vs. Control) |
0.83 | 0.78 | 0.42 | 0.28 | ||
| PD | Control | 2.68 ± 0.30 | 2.48 ± 0.29 | 2.53 ± 0.25 | 2.48 ± 0.27 | 0.93 |
| Test | 2.61 ± 0.32 | 2.55 ±0.29 | 2.55 ± 0.27 | 2.56 ± 0.21 | 0.67 | |
|
p value (Test vs. Control) |
0.37 | 0.47 | 1.00 | 0.27 | ||
| BOP | Control | 1.77 ± 1.16 | 1.07 ± 0.83 | 1.11 ± 0.89 | 0.93 ± 0.88 | 0.40 |
| Test | 1.79 ± 1.40 | 1.23 ± 0.98 | 1.06 ± 0.98 | 0.84 ± 0.81 | 0.08 | |
|
p value (Test vs. Control) |
0.93 | 0.53 | 0.51 | 0.56 |
Clinical parameters are presented as mean ± SD. * Significant difference from 4 weeks. PI, average of plaque index per tooth; CI, average of calculus index per tooth; CI 41, average of calculus index of #41 tooth lingual; GI, average of gingival index per tooth; PD, average of probing depth per site; BOP, average of bleeding on probing per tooth.