A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF HEALING, REPIGMENTATION AND PAIN DURING GINGIVAL DEPIGMENTATION USING CONVENTIONAL SURGICAL METHOD, DIODE LASER AND MICRONEEDLING – A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Phase 1/2
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 45
- Locations
- 1
Study Overview
Brief Summary
15-40 years aged patients reporting to the Department of Periodontology at the College of Dental Science and hospital, Amargadh with bimaxillary melanin hyperpigmentation in the facial aspects of anterior regions will be considered inclusion criteria for the study. A total of 45 patients will be selected for the study to evaluate and compare the healing, repigmentation and pain during gingival depigmentation using conventional surgical method using scalpel, Diode LASER and microneedling. This study will be done to evaluate whether microneedling can be considered a better alternative for depigmentation over Diode LASER and conventional scalpel method.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Coin toss, Lottery, toss of dice, shuffling cards etc
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 15.00 Year(s) to 40.00 Year(s) (—)
- Sex
- All
Inclusion Criteria
- •40 years age group •Both Male and Female •Periodontally healthy subjects •Bimaxillary melanin hyperpigmentation in the facial aspects of anterior regions with moderate or heavy clinical pigmentation according to Dummett and Gupta index.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Systemically compromised Patients •Patient with smoking habit •Patient using drugs with potential to cause oral pigmentation •Pregnant and lactating women •Subjects with thin gingival biotype.
Investigators
Kena Gajjar
College of Dental Science and Hospital, Amargadh
