Table 4: Mean values ± standard deviations of clinical parameters in group III treated with standard scaling and root planning plus 20mg doxycycline and 30 mg CoQ10 twice/day for 3 months. Letters a, b, and c refer to the degree of significance at *P<0.05; significant difference was found among groups marked by different letters (a,b,c) and no significant difference was found among groups marked by similar letters.
Time |
Gingival Index |
Plaque Index |
Bleeding Index |
Pocket Depth |
Clinical Attachment Loss |
Baseline |
2.42 ± 0.3a |
2.36 ± 0.38a |
0.85 ± 0.08a |
4.55 ± 0.43a |
4.76 ± 0.44a |
1 month |
0.42 ± 0.08b |
0.42 ± 0.1b |
0.26 ± 0.14b |
3.37 ± 0.4b |
3.6 ± 0.50b |
3 months |
0.27 ± 0.04c |
0.27 ± 0.07c |
0.07 ± 0.02c |
2.74 ± 0.4c |
2.72 ± 0.4c |
P value |
0.000* |
0.000* |
0.000* |
0.000* |
0.000* |