An interventional study of Ultrasonic and Hand Instruments in Generalized Aggressive Periodontitis, sponsored by Marmara University. Completed. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 50 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-01-26.
Sponsored by Marmara University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Generalized aggressive periodontitis (GAgP) is a distinct type of periodontal disease characterized by rapid loss of attachment and alveolar bone occuring in young individuals. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) was introduced in periodontology as an adjunctive approach to non-surgical periodontal treatment (NPT) in periodontitis patients. In this trial, it was aimed that to evaluate the clinical and microbiological effects of adjunctive PDT to NPT in patients with GAgP. In this prospective controlled clinical study, 24 systemically healthy, non-smoking subjects with GAgP were enrolled. Subjects were randomly assigned to a control group (n=12) treated with NPT only or to a test group (n=12) treated with NPT and PDT. Plaque index, sulcus bleeding index (SBI), pocket depth (PD), relative attachment level, gingival recession, mobility were recorded at baseline and on day 63. Microbiological samples were obtained fom the sites with PD ≥5 mm at the same time points and evaluated for Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Prevotella intermedia, Tannerella forsythia and Treponema denticola using micro-IDent test.
Exclusion Criteria:
NPT including scaling and root planing was applied to 12 subjects with ultrasonic and hand instruments until the operator feels that root surface is clean, hard and smooth.
Device: Ultrasonic · Device: Hand Instruments
Following NPT, toluidine blue O mediated PDT was performed with a LED source (625-635 nm wavelength) (FotoSan®, CMS Dental, Denmark) to 12 subjects. The dye (0.1 mg/ml) was applied with a canula into the periodontal pockets. After 3 minutes, the subjects rinsed their mouths with sterile saline solution for removal of excessive dye. Then, the applicator of photosensitizer was inserted until the bottom of the periodontal pocket and photoinactivation was performed in 6 sites per tooth for 10 seconds of each sites with a total of 60 seconds per tooth.
Device: Ultrasonic · Device: Hand Instruments · Device: LED Source
Cavitron® BOBCAT® Pro, Dentsply International, USA
Gracey, SG 5/6, 7/8, 11/12, 13/14, Hu-Friedy Ins. Co., USA
LED source (625-635 nm wavelength) (FotoSan®, CMS Dental, Denmark)
Probing Depth
defined as the distance from the free gingival margin to the bottom of the periodontal pocket
Time frame: 63 day
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