Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of clinical parameters (mean ± Standard deviation) of both groups (Group 1 – SLCRF; Group 2 – CAF).

Variables		Baseline	2 weeks	4 weeks	8 weeks	12 weeks
PRC%	Group 1	–	100 ± 0	100 ± 0	83.5 ± 30.6	76.9 ± 31.8
	Group 2	–	98.4 ± 6.2	98.4 ± 6.2	91.5 ± 16.2	91.5 ± 16.2
CAL (mm)	Group 1	3.19 ± 0.66	–	0.0 ± 0	0.37 ± 0.90	0.59 ± 1.12
	Group 2	3.68 ± 1.02	–	0.15 ± 0.59	0.37 ± 0.86	0.37 ± 0.86
WHI	Group 1	–	1.87 ± 0.52	1.13 ± 0.35	1.0 ± 0	1.0 ± 0
	Group 2	–	1.67 ± 0.49	1.0 ± 0	1.0 ± 0	1.0 ± 0
RD	Group 1	1.66 ± 0.46	0.0 ± 0	0.0 ± 0	0.24 ± 0.42	0.37 ± 0.48
	Group 2	1.92 ± 0.61	0.15 ± 0.35	0.15 ± 0.35	0.28 ± 0.41	0.28 ± 0.41
PD	Group 1	1.65 ± 0.45	–	1.12 ± 0.25	1.23 ± 0.35	1.37 ± 0.38
	Group 2	2.00 ± 0.54	–	1.17 ± 0.32	1.17 ± 0.32	1.29 ± 0.34
WKT	Group 1	4.12 ± 0.34	–	4.68 ± 0.58	4.65 ± 0.63	4.65 ± 0.63
	Group 2	3.89 ± 0.85	–	4.46 ± 0.69	4.46 ± 0.69	4.41 ± 0.75

PRC – Percentage of root coverage.

CAL – Clinical attachment loss.

WHI – Wound Healing index.

RD – Recession depth.

PD – Probing depth.

WKT – Width of Keratinised tissue.