Table 2: Severity Data.

Cleft Severity (mm2) with Relapse

 

# Sites with Cleft Severity of 0 (n=25) which had Relapse

# Sites with Cleft Severity >0 and ≤15 (n=21) which had Relapse

# Sites with Cleft Severity >15 and ≤30 (n=11) which had Relapse

# Sites with Cleft Severity >30 (n=4) which had Relapse

Total # Relapse (n=61)

Total

7 (28%)

10 (47.62%)

6 (54.55%)

2 (50%)

25 (40.98%)

Controls (n=19)

3

2

2

0

7

Experimentals (n=42)

4

8

4

2

18

Forty-six of the sites had previously measured severity values from the preceding investigation. 30 of these sites decreased in their gingival cleft severity while 16 increased in severity.