Study design
Proper ethical clearance was obtained from the Institutional Review Board (SRMDC/IRB/2020/MDS/No.901), and the study was registered in the Clinical trial registry of India (CTRI/2021/09/036647) on 20/09/2021. A double blinded randomized controlled clinical trial was proposed and conducted in the Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, SRM Dental College, Ramapuram, Chennai, for a duration of 16 months (March 2021 - July 2022). Randomization of participants into each group was carried out using computer generated sequence numbers and allocation of participants to each group was performed using the Excel RAND function.As our study is a double blinded study, the primary researcher is blinded to the allocation of participants into the treatment group as they carry out the treatment and evaluate the outcome. The participants are blinded to the type of gel they are provided with. The allocation of the patients will be performed by a researcher who is not involved in patient evaluation.