Homoeopathic treatment of tooth problems
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K053- Chronic periodontitis
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/03/050348
- Lead Sponsor
- D N De Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
1. Patients with chronic periodontitis, as diagnosed by the periodontitis screening and recording (PSR) (ICD10 code: K05.30), symptoms persisting for 3 months or more, as assessed by:
a) Gingival plaque (score up to 3)
b) Altered gingival margins (rolled, flattened, recessions)
c) Bleeding on probing (BOP; score up to 3)
d) Periodontal probing depth (PPD; up to 4-5.5mm)
e) Clinical attachment loss (CAL; moderate 3 to 4 mm)
2. Patients having at least 22 teeth present
3. Age 18 to 65 years
3. Participants of either sex
4. Literate: ability to read English, Hindi and/or Bengali (Illiterate people will be interviewed by the investigators maintaining adequate privacy to fill up the questionnaires).
5. Providing with written informed consent voluntarily
1. Severe form of chronic periodontitis (more than 5 mm CAL) or aggressive periodontitis
2. Patients who have undergone nonsurgical periodontal treatment (NSPT) within 6 months.
3. Antibiotics and steroids therapy for periodontitis or gingivitis or any other similar conditions in the last month
4. Patients having orthodontic appliances
5. Cases having severe oral inflammation unrelated to periodontal conditions
6. Cases requiring immediate tooth extraction
7. Vulnerable population - unconscious, non-ambulatory, differently abled, terminally ill or critically ill patients, mentally incompetent people.
8. Diagnosed cases of unstable mental or psychiatric illness, infectious disease (e.g., tuberculosis) or other uncontrolled or life-threatening illness affecting quality of life or any organ failure
9. Tobacco chewing and/or smocking, alcoholism, and/or any other form(s) of substance
10. Self-reported immune-compromised state e.g., HIV
11. Pregnant and puerperal women, lactating mothers
12. Undergoing homoeopathic treatment for chronic disease within the last 6 months.
13. Simultaneously participations in any other clinical trials.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Periodontal probing depth (PPD)Timepoint: Baseline, and every month, up to 3 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Bleeding on probing (BOP)Timepoint: Baseline, and every month, up to 3 months;C-reactive protein (CRP)Timepoint: Baseline and after 3 months;Clinical attachment loss (CAL)Timepoint: Baseline, and every month, up to 3 months;Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) questionnaireTimepoint: Baseline, and every month, up to 3 months;Visible plaque index (VPI)Timepoint: Baseline, and every month, up to 3 months