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Fifteen underwent scaling root planing (SRP group) and 15 underwent SRP + 0.5% NaOCl and a 980 nm diode laser (study group). A biological molecular test and real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) were performed before (T0) and after intervention (T1). Total bacterial count and counts of Porphyromonas gingivalis, Treponema denticola, Tannerella forsythia, Prevotella intermedia, Peptostreptococcus micros, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, Eubacterium nodatum, Capnocytophaga gingivalis were assessed. Plaque index (PI), bleeding on probing (BOP), gingival recession (GR), PPD and clinical attachment loss (CAL) were evaluated at T0, and 3 and 6 months after. Study group showed a statistically significant reduction of TBC (5.66 \u00d7 108 CFU\/mL) compared to SRP (6.2 \u00d7 109 CFU\/mL). Both groups showed a statistically significant reduction of Treponema denticola, Tannerella forsythia, Prevotella intermedia, Peptostrep. (micromonas) micros and Fusobacterium nucleatum; however, a significant reduction of Eubacterium nodatum and Capnocytophaga gingivalis was observed in the study group. At T6, both groups had a statistically significant reduction of PI, BOP, GR, PD and CAL. The study group showed more GR compared to SRP and a significant reduction of PD (4.03 mm \u00b1 0.49) compared to SRP (5.28 mm \u00b1 0.67). 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