Table 1 Clinical periodontal parameters of the study groups at different time intervals

TQHPI

 T0

2.60 ± 0.83

2.54 ± 0.73

 T1

0.52 ± 0.95

0.88 ± 0.98

 T2

0.56 ± 0.73

0.80 ± 0.80

 P value

< 0.001^{a, b}

< 0.001^{a, b}

GI

 T0

1.90 ± 0.25

1.88 ± 0.30

 T1

0.28 ± 0.60

0.6 ± 0.72

 T2

0.08 ± 0.28

0.4 ± 0.58

 P value

< 0.001^{a, b}

< 0.001^{a, b}

BOP (%)

 T0

90.00 ± 25.00

90.00 ± 25.00

 T1

10.00 ± 25.00

28.00 ± 32.53

 T2

4.00 ± 13.84

20.00 ± 28.87

 P value

< 0.001^{a, b}

< 0.001^{a, b}

PD (mm)

 T0

5.92 ± 1.12

5.56 ± 1.10

 T1

2.66 ± 0.83

3.02 ± 1.04

 T2

2.50 ± 0.69

2.86 ± 0.77

 P value

< 0.001^{a, b}

< 0.001^{a, b}

 ∆ PD (T0-T1)

3.26 ± 0.91

2.54 ± 0.79

 ∆ PD (T0-T2)

3.42 ± 0.80

2.70 ± 0.89

CAL (mm)

 T0

6.02 ± 1.12

5.64 ± 1.11

 T1

2.87 ± 0.90

3.22 ± 1.24

 T2

2.70 ± 0.72

3.10 ± 1.00

 P value

< 0.001^{a, b}

< 0.001^{a, b}

 ∆ CAL (T0-T1)

3.17 ± 0.90

2.42 ± 0.69

 ∆ CAL (T0-T2)

3.32 ± 0.78

2.54 ± 0.80