TABLE 1.

Baseline characteristics of the subjects

	Group 1 (N = 10)	Group 2 (N = 10)	Group 3 (N = 10)
Gender
Male	5	7	6
Female	5	3	4
Age (years), mean ± SD	51.8 ± 7.3	46.7 ± 9.4	65.2 ± 8.5
BOP+ (number of study sites)	6/10	7/10	10/10
PD, mean ± SD (for study sites)	8.1 ± 1.1	9 ± 1.4	6 ± 1.3
Number of sites PD >4 mm + BOP, mean ± SD	28.55 ± 18.7	43.05 ± 31.2	6.95 ± 6.5