2. Materials and Methods
GENERALIZED PERIODONTITIS, PLAQUE
The present study was a prospective, double-blind, randomized clinical trial of parallel design (one site/patient) conducted among patients that visited the outpatient Department of Periodontics and Oral Implantology, Institute of Dental Sciences, SUM hospital, Siksha ‘O’Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The ethical committee of IMS and SUM Hospital, SOA (Deemed to be University) approved the study with Ethical Number: Ref. no/IEC/IMS.SH/SOA/2022/418. This study strictly followed the CONSORT guidelines and was in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.Patients were recruited based on the following inclusion and exclusion criteria.Systemically healthy patients within the age group of 18–65 years, showing an acceptable oral hygiene with plaque scores of less than 1.5, who were diagnosed with generalized periodontitis of stages II and III (According to World Workshop of Periodontology, 2017 [