Effects of Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy and Local Administration of Minocycline on Clinical, Microbiological, and Inflammatory Markers of Periodontal Pockets: A Pilot Study

Table 1

Subject demographics and periodontal data from full-mouth locations at baseline.

	aPDT group ()	MO group ()
Gender (male/female)	7/8	6/9
Age (years)	61.4 ± 10.2	66.7 ± 9.5
Number of teeth (n)	23.3 ± 3.7	24.5 ± 3.6
Bone resorption (%)	24.3 ± 7.0	28.3 ± 9.6
PlI	0.4 ± 0.7	0.5 ± 0.6
GI	0.9 ± 0.7	1.0 ± 0.6
PD (mm)	3.0 ± 0.9	2.9 ± 0.8
CAL (mm)	3.8 ± 1.1	3.7 ± 1.2
BOP (% positive)	27.1 ± 16.5	28.6 ± 15.7

Values are represented as mean ± standard deviation. Gender: Fisher’s exact test (). Other parameters: Mann–Whitney U test ().