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Efficacy of Coconut Oil Therapy as supplementary to Scaling in Diabetic patients with Gum Disease.

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Conditions
Health Condition 1: null- CONTROLLED DIABETIC PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC GINGIVITIS IN THE AGE GROUP OF 25-70 YEARS WITH HbA1c LEVELS LESS THAN 7
Registration Number
CTRI/2018/03/012689
Lead Sponsor
Dr Shraddha Kode
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

1.Age group between 25-70 years.

2.Patients with controlled diabetes (on oral hypoglycemic drugs) with glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels < 7

3.Patients with chronic gingivitis

4.Patients with minimum of 20 teeth.

5.Patients who have not received any type of periodontal therapy for the past 6 months

Exclusion Criteria

1.Patients on insulin therapy

2.Patients suffering from any other systemic disease or with compromised immune system.

3.Patients with a known history of drug allergy

4.Patients taking any drug known to cause gingival enlargement

5.Patients taking any immuno-suppressive drugs like corticosteroids.

6.Pregnant and/or lactating mothers.

7.Patients with any bleeding disorders.

8.Patients on anticoagulant therapy.

9.Patients with smoking and tobacco chewing habits.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Gingival index (G.I.) (Loe and Silness, 1963) <br/ ><br>Timepoint: BASELINE AND 15DAYS POST TREATMENT
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Plaque index (P.I.) (Tureskey-Gilmore-Glickman Modification Of Quigley Hein, 1970)Timepoint: BASELINE AND 15DAYS POST TREATMENT
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