BI | n (teeth) | Baseline | 3 months | p (0–3) | 6 months | p (0–6) | p (3–6) |
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Moderately deep pockets (4 mm < PD < 6 mm) | |||||||
Con | 152 | 4.33 ± 0.53 | 2.90 ± 0.70 | 0.023 | 2.88 ± 0.43 | 0.02 | 0.978 |
Exp 1 | 209 | 4.48 ± 0.96 | 2.33 ± 0.86 | 0.015 | 2.45 ± 0.73 | 0.019 | 0.833 |
Exp 2 | 211 | 4.29 ± 0.5 | 2.35 ± 0.64 | 0.013 | 2.42 ± 0.96 | 0.015 | 0.896 |
p | 0.925 | 0.882 | 0.791 | ||||
Deep pockets (PD > 6 mm) | |||||||
Con | 221 | 4.57 ± 0.84 | 3.31 ± 0.66 | 0.037 | 3.37 ± 0.29 | 0.039 | 0.969 |
Exp 1 | 187 | 4.49 ± 0.91 | 3.4 ± 0.32 | 0.049 | 3.38 ± 0.72 | 0.049 | 0.972 |
Exp 2 | 213 | 4.47 ± 0.73 | 2.39 ± 0.48 | < 0.001 | 2.01 ± 0.43 | < 0.001 | 0.043 |
p | 0.994 | 0.013** 0.012△ | < 0.001** < 0.001△ |