Influence of tonsillectomy on the level of periodontal pathogenes in saliva and periodontal pockets
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- J03.9K05.6Acute tonsillitis, unspecifiedPeriodontal disease, unspecified
- Registration Number
- DRKS00014077
- Lead Sponsor
- Klinik PPKUniversität Zürich
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
For inclusion, all patients had to be over 18 years with the intellectual and linguistic ability to give their informed consent for study participation. The patients had to be generally healthy with the only exception of an otorhinolaryngologic affliction: Test group patients had to be scheduled for tonsillectomy and control group patients for any ambulant otorhinolarynologic surgery without involvement of the oral cavity.
Exclusion Criteria
Exclusion criteria were systemic antibiotic therapy during the preceding three months and the customary use of antiseptic mouth rinses.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Assessement of absence/presence and concentration of key pathogenes by means of amplification of bacterial RNA/DNA at baseline and after 6 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method