se of an air polishing powder along with ultrasonic tooth cleaning for treatment of gum disease.
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K053- Chronic periodontitis
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/03/064188
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Vuyyala Pani Pranavi
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients between 28–68 years of age (male and female).
2. Minimum of 3 teeth in each quadrant that had not received periodontal debridement
in last 3 months.
3. Pocket depth of 4 to 6mm on at least 2 or 3 teeth adjacent to each other on both sides either in the maxilla or mandible excluding the third molars.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Patients with acute infectious oral lesions.
2.Patients who have furcation defects.
3.Patients using antibiotics within in last 4 weeks.
4.Patients who are pregnant and lactating mothers.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the efficacy of <br/ ><br>scaling and root planing (SRP) along with glycine powder air polishing (GPAP) and scaling <br/ ><br>and root planing (SRP) alone in the improvement of periodontal parameters among patients with mild to moderate periodontitis.Timepoint: At Baseline & at 1 month
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method plaque index (Silness J and Loe H <br/ ><br>1964), gingival index (Loe H and Silness J 1963), probing pocket depth, clinical <br/ ><br>attachment level, bleeding on probing (Gingival Bleeding Index Ainamo and Bay, <br/ ><br>1975)Timepoint: At Baseline & at 1 month