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Plaque index, gingival index, pocket probing depth, and clinical attachment level were assessed at baseline, one and three months. Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 17 for windows, and statistical techniques employed were repeated measures by using One-way ANOVA, Tukey\u2019s HSD, independent\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">t<\/jats:italic>\n                      -test, and paired\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">t<\/jats:italic>\n                      -test.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Post-treatment sites among all the three groups showed statistically significant reduction in Periodontal index (PI), Probing pocket depth (PPD), and Clinical attachment level (CAL), whereas gingival inflammation was significantly reduced in groups 2 and 3 from baseline to one and three months. On comparison, at baseline, all clinical parameters were statistically insignificant. At one month, the mean difference of PI, Gingival index (GI) was statistically significant between group 1 and 2 whereas the mean difference of CAL and PPD were statistically significant from group 1 to groups 2 and 3.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Lasers with SRP were greatly effective in reducing gingival inflammation, PPD, and CAL. Propolis gel also offered encouraging and promising clinical results but still needs further long-term studies to establish its precise role in the treatment of CP.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/jpbs.jpbs_154_23","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,7,12]],"date-time":"2023-07-12T02:07:37Z","timestamp":1689127657000},"page":"S1218-S1220","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["To Evaluate the Clinical Efficacy of 940 nm Diode Laser and Propolis Gel (A Natural Product) in Adjunct to Scaling and Root Planing in Treatment of Chronic Periodontitis"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Rajni","family":"Aggarwal","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Periodontology, Surendera Dental College and Research Institute, Sriganganagar, Rajasthan, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Supneet S.","family":"Bawa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"General Dental Consultant, BDS, Punjab, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pooja","family":"Palwankar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Periodontology, Manav Rachna Dental College, Faridabad, Haryana, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Simratjot","family":"Kaur","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Periodontology, Surendera Dental College and Research Institute, Sriganganagar, Rajasthan, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Deepika","family":"Choudhary","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Periodontology, Surendera Dental College and Research Institute, Sriganganagar, Rajasthan, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Deepak","family":"Kochar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Periodontology, Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Dental Sciences and Research, MM (DU) Mullana, Ambala, Haryana, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,7,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"R1-20240829","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"72","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1600-0757.2005.00113.x","article-title":"Porphyromonas gingivalis, treponema denticola, and tannerella forsythia:'The red complex,'a prototype polybacterial pathogenic consortium in periodontitis","volume":"38","author":"Holt","year":"2005","journal-title":"Periodontol 2000"},{"key":"R2-20240829","first-page":"251","article-title":"Nonsurgical periodontal treatment","volume":"9","author":"Aimetti","year":"2014","journal-title":"Int J Esthet Dent"},{"key":"R3-20240829","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"492","DOI":"10.1902\/jop.1986.57.8.492","article-title":"The presence of bacteria in the oral epithelium in periodontal disease. 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