4. Plaque, gingival redness, BOP, suppuration
Pocket depth, Attachment level
4 quadrants SRP under local anesthesia
3,6,9,12 months post therapy assessment
At the point of assessment patients received
maintenance scaling.
40 subgingival species were determined
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12. Most clinical improvement occurred during
the first - 3 months post SRP
Mean attachment level decreased -3 months
maintained through 12 months
Periodontal pathogens decreased significantly
-3 months
V. parvula and
A. naeslundii
genospecies 2.
B. forsythus and P. gingivalis
and the suspected pathogens,
T. denticola and
S.constellatus
VS
