Comparing microneedling procedure with vitamin-c and electrosurgery for the treatment of black gums
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K069- Disorder of gingiva and edentulousalveolar ridge, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/07/070297
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Souparnika M Kulkarni
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Systemically healthy patients with age group between 18-50 years with no previous treatment
that affect the gingival health or color.
Subjects with mild to severe gingival pigmentation. (DOPI: Dummet and oral
pigmentation index).
Subjects with good oral hygiene.
Exclusion Criteria
Tobacco chewers and smokers.
Fully edentulous patients.
Patients who have any underlying systemic disease that induces the production of melanin.
Pregnant and lactating women.
Patient who are taking medications that influence the gingival color such as minocycline,
zidovudine
Patients allergic to vitamin-c
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the efficiency of microneedling procedure with vitamin-c and electrosurgery for <br/ ><br>treating gingival pigmentation.Timepoint: 6month
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To evaluate the intensity & extension of pigmentation, bleeding, wound healing, post-operative <br/ ><br>pain & recurrence following gingival depigmentation using microneedling procedure with <br/ ><br>vitamin-c. <br/ ><br>To evaluate the intensity & extension of pigmentation, bleeding, wound healing, postoperative pain & recurrence following gingival depigmentation using electrosurgery.Timepoint: 7days,15days,1month,6month