Table 3.
Comparison of clinical attachment level between two sites and across time for each site
| CAL (mm) | Mean±SD |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test site (n=21) | Control site (n=21) | ||
| Premolar | |||
| Baseline | 6.67±0.91 | 6.46±0.93 | 0.319 (NS)# |
| 1 month | 5.55±0.92 | 5.67±0.93 | 0.570 (NS)# |
| 3 month | 4.72±0.87 | 5.06±0.93 | 0.088 (NS)# |
| P | <0.0001 (S)** | <0.0001 (S)** | |
| Molar | |||
| Baseline | 7.58±1.09 | 7.52±1.47 | 0.790 (NS)# |
| 1 month | 6.48±1.09 | 6.80±1.51 | 0.171 (NS)# |
| 3 month | 5.78±1.09 | 6.00±1.50 | 0.345 (NS)# |
| P | <0.0001 (S)** | <0.0001 (S)** | |
#Obtained using paired t-test; **Obtained using repeated measures of ANOVA; P<0.05 implicating statistically significant difference; CAL: Clinical attachment level; NS: Not significant; S: Significant; SD: Standard deviation