Microneedling Technique with Vitamin C Versus Surgical Abrasion in the Treatment of Gingival Racial Pigmentation: RCT
- Conditions
- Oral Health
- Registration Number
- PACTR202309613841955
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine Faculty of Dentistry Tanta University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 36
Racial gingival pigmention.
- Patients with esthetic concern and with good oral hygiene.
- Free from systemic diseases or any disease that cause oral pigmentation.
- Good health.
- Ability to maintain good oral hygiene as evidenced in recall visits.
- Patients who are current or former smoker.
- Females who are pregnant or lactating.
- Medically compromised patients and systemic conditions precluding periodontal surgery.
- Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus
- Severe hematologic disorders (e.g. hemophilia or leukemia), uncontrolled infectious or metabolic diseases that could compromise normal healing, liver or kidney dysfunction/failure.
- Acute infection in the area intended for gingival depigmention.
- Thin gingival biotype or periodontal disease.
- Any contraindication for periodontal surgery.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Wound Healing Index;Hedin melanin index for extent of pigmented area <br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Visual analog scale<br><br>;Change in area of pigmentation<br>