Table 3. Study parameter for Gingival Index (GI).
| Baseline | 1 Month Later | 3 Month Later | |||||||||||
| Groups | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | P value* |
| Laser | 0 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 0 | < 0.000 |
| Halita | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 0 | < 0.000 |
| P value** | 0.762 | 0.366 | 0.04 |
* P values in the columns represents significance between laser and Halita groups (P < 0.05).
** P value in the rows represents significance between measurements on time periods in laser and Halita groups separately (P < 0.05).