Table 1.

Mean and standard deviation of total bacterial count (TBC) for both groups.

	Before Intervention		Immediately after Intervention
	Mean Value	Std	Mean Value	Std
SRP	1.47 × 1011 A	1.29 × 1011	6.2 × 109 B	6.1 × 109
SRP + NaOCl + laser	1.89 × 1011 A	1.33 × 1011	5.6 × 108 C	4.9 × 108

Identical letters of exponent (^{A, A}) or (^{B, B}) or (^{C, C}) etc. indicates the absence of a statistically significant difference, while the difference in exponent letters (^{A, B}) or (^{B, C}) or (^{A, C}) etc. indicates a statistically significant difference. p-value < 0.0001, all values are in CFU/mL. Mean = mean value of the total bacterial count obtained for each group; Std = standard deviation of the total bacterial count obtained in each group.