Table 3.

Descriptive statistics of periodontal clinical parameters.

Group	Time	BOP	PPD	CAL	BS	SBI	API	PI	AG	GR	PS
		Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean
		(SD)	(SD)	(SD)	(SD)	(SD)	(SD)	(SD)	(SD)	(SD)	(SD)
Control	T₀	81.25 (17.23) ^a	6.88 (1.26) ^a,d	6.83 (1.87) ^a	1.78 (0.80) ^a	1.96 (0.80) ^a	79.75 (21.61) ^a	70.00 (26.56) ^a,b,c	2.85 (0.67) ^a,b	3.48 (1.28) ^a	94.00 (10.46) ^a
	T₁	69.25 (18.16) ^b	5.55 (1.27) ^b,e	6.05 (2.07) ^b,c	1.68 (0.75) ^a	1.82 (0.73) ^a	78.00 (20.03) ^a	51.75 (23.13) ^b	2.55 (0.61) ^b	3.40 (1.18) ^a	67.50 (13.33) ^b
	T₂	74.00 (14.01) ^b	6.40 (1.08) ^c,f	6.53 (1.82) ^a	1.70 (0.57) ^a	2.00 (0.44) ^a	81.00 (20.17) ^a	72.00 (22.33) ^a,c	2.75 (0.62) ^a,b	3.44 (1.19) ^a	76.25 (8.41) ^c
Trial	T₀	66.75 (33.41) ^a,b	6.69 (1.15) ^b,c,d	6.23 (0.62) ^a,b	1.46 (0.80) ^a	2.15 (0.83) ^a	93.50 (15.65) ^a	83.00 (18.95) ^c	3.21 (0.72) ^a	3.23 (0.78) ^a	62.35 (39.55) ^b,c
	T₁	29.25 (20.82) ^c	5.92 (0.64) ^a,e,f	5.73 (0.94) ^a,b	0.90 (0.36) ^b	1.74 (0.84) ^a,b	71.00 (31.48) ^a,b	54.50 (23.50) ^a,b,d	3.18 (0.70) ^a	3.20 (0.73) ^a	24.55 (21.98) ^d
	T₂	26.00 (14.85) ^c	4.91 (1.18) ^e	4.64 (1.78) ^c	0.54 (0.42) ^c	1.15 (0.41) ^b	67.00 (28.95) ^b	46.75 (21.66) ^b,d	3.09 (0.80) ^a,b	3.08 (0.69) ^a	12.46 (17.62) ^d

For each variable tested, groups with different letters (a, b, c, d, e and f) show significantly different means between them.