the effect of laser on gum color
Phase 3
- Conditions
- physiologic gingival pigmentation.-
- Registration Number
- IRCT2016113018493N3
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellor for research, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 33
Inclusion Criteria
over 18 years of age; non smoker; systemically healthy individual with a healthy periodontal tissues without periodontal pockets; Loe’s Gingival index of 1 or less; Dummet index of 2 or 3; Heidin index of 3 or 4
Exclusion criteria: pregnant or breastfeeding patients; being under orthodontic treatment; plaque index of more than 20%
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain. Timepoint: Immediately after treatment, 1 day and 7 days after treatment. Method of measurement: Visual analog scale of 1 to10.;Gingival wound healing. Timepoint: 1 , 3 ,7 and 30 days after treatment. Method of measurement: healing score: : 0= tissue necrosis 1= ulcer formation 2= incomplete epithelialization 3= complete epithelialization.;Patient satisfaction. Timepoint: 1, 7 days after treatment. Method of measurement: questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Treatment Procedure time. Timepoint: during treatment. Method of measurement: stop watch(in seconds).;Bleeding during treatment. Timepoint: during treatment. Method of measurement: scale:1: None, 2: Slight, 3: Moderate, 4: Severe.;Melanin repigmentation. Timepoint: 1 month. Method of measurement: Melanin Pigmentation indexes of Dummet 0= No clinical pigmentation (pink-colored gingiva), 1= Mild clinical pigmentation (mild light brown color) , 2= Moderate clinical pigmentation (medium brown or mixed pink and brown color) , 3= Heavy clinical pigmentation (deep brown or bluish black color)and Hedin: 0= No pigmentation, 1= One or two solitary unit(s) of pigmentation in papillary gingiva without the formation of a continuous ribbon between solitary units.