Comparison of cleaning of teeth alone or cleaning of teeth along with lasers during maintenance of gum health.

Completed

Brief Summary: A variety of non-surgical and surgical therapies are used to treat chronic periodontitis. Limitations in conventional non-surgical periodontal therapy have led to the exploration of other treatment options to improve clinical outcomes. Lasers have been proposed as alternative treatment for non-surgical periodontal therapy and are patient friendly. There are few studies reporting laser use in maintenance phase. To determine and compare the pocket depths, relative attachment levels, bleeding on probing and plaque indices in patients treated with scaling and root planing alone and along with diode laser.The study is carried out on 30 subjects who full fill the inclusion and exclusion criteria Group A: 15 patients treated only with scaling and root planing . Group B: 15 patients treated with scaling and root planing along with diode laser irradiation. The clinical parameters are probing pocket depth, relative attachment level, bleeding on probing and plaque index which were recorded at base line, 7 days and after 1 month. And results showed that the use of diode lasers as an adjunct to scaling and root planing during maintenance phase showed better results when compared to scaling and root planing alone. Moderate periodontal pockets with moderate attachment loss showed significant improvement in Group A than in Group B. There was no change in deep pockets with severe attachment loss in both groups.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

Adult periodontal maintenance patient with a history of treatment for chronic periodontitis who had received no active or maintenance periodontal therapy at least 6-months prior to the study 2.
Systemically healthy subjects 3.
Subjects aged from 25 years to 60years, 4.
One or more periodontal sites with pocket depth more than or equal to 4 mm 5.
Relative attachment level more than or equal to 3 mm 6.
Bleeding on probing and subjects who were compliant with terms of study.

Exclusion Criteria

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
TO COMPARE THE CLINICAL PARAMETERS WHICH ARE PROBING POCKET DEPTH RELATIVE ATTACHMENT LEVEL PLAQUE INDEX AND BLEEDING ON PROBING BEFORE AND AFTER THE ALLOCATED THERAPY WITH IN THE GROUP AND BETWEEN THE GROUPS	30 DAYS

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
TO COMPARE THE PAIN INVOLVED IN BOTH THE THERAPIES	IMMEDIATELY AFTER THERAPY

Locations (1): SDM COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCE
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Dharwad, KARNATAKA, India
SDM COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCE
🇮🇳Dharwad, KARNATAKA, India
DR SUPRITH SS
Principal investigator
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suprith90@gmail.com