Assessment of the effect of photodynamic therapy on treatment of moderate-to-severe periodontitis
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Chronic periodontitis.Chronic periodontitis
- Registration Number
- IRCT201512251760N44
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellor for Research, Babol University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
age older than 18 years old; having at least 20 teeth in the mouth; having at least one area with probing depth of four millimeters in at least two quadrants of the mouth (with bleeding on probing light); the plaque index, less than thirty percent.
Exclusion criteria: pregnancy; received scaling and root planing procedures or antibiotic therapy in the last six months? systemic disease affecting periodontal health; smoking.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Probing pocket depth. Timepoint: A week after the start of the study and at weeks three, six and twelve after treatment. Method of measurement: Clinical.;Clinical attachment level. Timepoint: A week after the start of the study and at weeks three, six and twelve after treatment. Method of measurement: Clinical.;Bleeding on probing(BOP). Timepoint: A week after the start of the study and at weeks three, six and twelve after treatment. Method of measurement: Clinical.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method