Table 3.
Mean values (standard deviation) of clinical periodontal parameters of test and control groups at baseline and final examination.
| Authors, Year, [Reference Number] | Groups | PPD (mm) | p-Value | Delta | CAL | p-Value | Delta | GI | p-Value | Delta | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Final | Inter-Group | PPD | Baseline | Final | Inter- Group |
CAL | Baseline | Final | Inter-Group | GI | ||
| Deore et al., 2014 [41] | T | 4.26 ± 1.10 | 2.15 ± 0.53 | p < 0.05 | 2.11 | 5.53 ± 0.95 | 2.73 ± 0.98 | p < 0.05 | 2.80 | 1.93 ± 0.29 | 1.12 ± 0.14 | p < 0.01 | 0.81 |
| C | 4.05 ± 1.03 | 2.77 ± 0.47 | 1.28 | 5.20 ± 0.90 | 3.72 ± 0.62 | 1.48 | 2.04 ± 0.34 | 1.43 ± 0.33 | 0.61 | ||||
| Suramya et al., 2014 [39] | T | 5.45 ± 0.42 | 4.30 ± 0.79 | p > 0.05 | 1.15 | 5.55 ± 0.52 | 4.56 ± 0.80 | p > 0.05 | 0.99 | 2.38 ± 0.31 | 1.08 ± 0.0.16 | p > 0.05 | 1.30 |
| C | 5.50 ± 0.53 | 4.56 ± 0.80 | 0.94 | 5.42 ± 0.37 | 4.56 ± 0.80 | 0.86 | 2.31 ± 0.31 | 1.05 ± 0.12 | 1.26 | ||||
| Keskiner et al., 2017 [42] | T | 3.72 (2.23–4.75) 4 | 2.46 (1.83–3.32) | p > 0.05 | 1.26 | 4.59 (3.04–5.31) 4 | 3.53 (2.42–4.08) | p > 0.05 | 1.06 | 1.82(1.49–2.12) 4 | 1.23(0.67–1.44) | p > 0.05 | 0.59 |
| C | 3.73 (2.43–4.25) | 2.38 (2.04–3.23) | 1.35 | 4.20 (2.73–5.33) | 3.10 (2.68–4.16) | 1.10 | 1.68(1.45–1.92) | 1.18(1.06–1.34) | 0.50 | ||||
| El-Sharkawy and Elmeadawy, 2017 [43] | T | 4.76 ± 0.84 | 2.24 ± 0.27 | p < 0.001 | 2.52 | 5.16 ± 0.52 | 2.78 ± 0.38 | p < 0.001 | 2.38 | 2.32 ± 0.19 1 | 0.66 ± 0.16 | p > 0.05 | 1.66 |
| C | 4.46 ± 0.57 | 3.37 ± 0.64 | 1.09 | 5.08 ± 0.46 | 3.84 ± 0.49 | 1.24 | 2.27 ± 0.13 | 0.72 ± 0.14 | 1.55 | ||||
| Elgendy and Kazem, 2018 [40] | T | 6.00 ± 0.59 | 3.46 ± 0.49 | p < 0.05 | 2.54 | 5.96 ± 0.61 | 3.40 ± 0.50 | p < 0.05 | 2.56 | 1.98 ± 0.30 | 0.30 ± 0.23 | p < 0.05 | 1.68 |
| C | 5.84 ± 0.61 | 4.29 ± 0.75 | 1.55 | 5.79 ± 0.72 | 4.06 ± 0.59 | 1.73 | 2.06 ± 0.39 | 0.55 ± 0.32 | 1.51 | ||||
| Rampally et al., 2019 [38] | T | 6.71 ± 0.47 | 4.71 ± 0.47 | p > 0.05 | 2.00 | 5.71 ± 0.47 | 3.71 ± 0.47 | p > 0.05 | 2.00 | 2.03 ± 0.30 | 1.26 ± 0.44 | p > 0.05 | 0.77 |
| C | 6.43 ± 0.51 | 4.43 ± 0.51 | 2.00 | 5.43 ± 0.51 | 3.43 ± 0.51 | 2.00 | 1.96 ± 0.44 | 1.14 ± 0.57 | 0.82 | ||||
| Shalaby and Morsy, 2019 [44] | T | 5.47 ± 0.94 | 3.14 ± 0.64 | p < 0.01 | 2.33 | 4.08 ± 0.96 | 2.60 ± 0.52 | p < 0.01 | 1.48 | 1.95 ± 0.53 2 | 0.47 ± 0.25 | p > 0.05 | 1.48 |
| C | 5.82 ± 0.61 | 4.31 ± 0.84 | 1.51 | 4.28 ± 0.57 | 3.49 ± 0.85 | 0.79 | 2.03 ± 0.49 | 0.57 ± 0.30 | 1.46 | ||||
| Stando et al., 2020 [45] | T | 5.0 ± 0.5 | 3.7 ± 0.7 | p > 0.05 | 1.3 | 5.8 ± 0.8 | 4.4 ± 1.1 | p < 0.05 | 1.4 | 28 ± 16 3 | 14 ± 6 | p > 0.05 | 14 |
| C | 5.1 ± 0.8 | 4.0 ± 0.7 | 1.1 | 6.1 ± 1.1 | 5.3 ± 1.0 | 0.8 | 36 ± 19 | 21 ± 7 | 15 | ||||
T: test group; C: control group; PPD: probing pocket depth; CAL: clinical attachment loss; GI: gingival index; 1 modified gingival index; 2 GI modification; 3 bleeding on probing (%); 4 median and percentiles (25–75).