Table 1.

The reduction in different clinical and biochemical parameters in both groups.

Mean differences		Group I	Group II	Test value	P value	Sig.
		Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Gingival index	1 month-baseline	−0.73 ± 0.45	−0.97 ± 0.41	-2.159	0.035	S
	3 months-baseline	−0.67 ± 0.55	−1.27 ± 0.74	-3.564	≤0.001	HS
Plaque index	1 month-baseline	−1.40 ± 0.56	−1.50 ± 0.51	-0.723	0.473	NS
	3 months-baseline	−1.57 ± 0.57	−1.73 ± 0.52	-1.136	0.261	NS
Probing depth	1 month-baseline	−1.13 ± 0.51	−1.23 ± 0.43	-0.821	0.415	NS
	3 months-baseline	−1.37 ± 0.61	−1.40 ± 0.50	-0.208	0.836	NS
MMP-9	1 month-baseline	−347.24 ± 183	−770.11 ± 308.88	-6.451	≤0.001	HS
	3 months-baseline	−572.58 ± 303.28	−999.62 ± 396.83	-4.683	≤0.001	HS
MMP-13	1 month-baseline	−181.67 ± 69.73	−257 ± 177.38	-2.165	0.035	S
	3 months-baseline	−968.33 ± 609.19	−1076.83 ± 390.94	-0.821	0.415	NS