Application of LASER along with Indocyanine Green dye as an adjunct to mechanical debridement for treatment of periodontal disease in periodontal maintenance patients.
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K056- Periodontal disease, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/02/049678
- Lead Sponsor
- Manipal College Of Dental Sciences, Mangalore
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 25
Patients who agree to participate in the study by signing the informed consent.
Age >= 30 years irrespective of gender.
Patients diagnosed with stage II and stage III periodontitis having completed active periodontal treatment atleast 3-6 months prior, receiving regularly supportive periodontal therapy (SPT) and exhibiting residual pockets of >=4mm.
Systemically healthy controls
Full Mouth Plaque Score 25%
Full Mouth Bleeding Score 25%
1.Patients with systemically compromised health like diabetes, that may influence the periodontal status.
2.Use of drugs such as immune-suppressants, anti-epileptic, calcium antagonist
3.Use of antimicrobial mouthrinses in the preceding 2 months
4.Smokers
5.Use of systemic antibiotics in the last twelve months
6.Restorations and superficial caries in the area to be treated.
7.History of allergy of any kind of dye or iodine.
8.Pregnant or lactating women.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method changes in probing pocket depth and clinical attachment levelTimepoint: 3 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The secondary objective was to compare the changes in detection frequency of Porphyromonas gingivalis, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and Tannerella forsythia, Fusobacterium nucleatum, in subgingival plaque samples of test and control sites before and after therapy.Timepoint: 3 months