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Filter by:There is lack of data in literature on keratinized tissue increase after FibReORS in relation to primary flap position. This study has been designed as a split-mouth randomized trial to assess the influence of flap position after FibReORS. 16 patients were recruited and treated. The placement of the flap 2 mm apically to the bone crest instead at the bone level would be a viable approach to increase KT width without delaying wound healing. The extent of post-operative discomfort/pain was not influenced by primary flap position.
Achievement of adequate oral hygiene standards is critical to the successful treatment of gum disease. The improvement of the patient's adherence to good oral hygiene is of great importance to obtain the satisfactory treatment outcomes. However, patients' adherence to a proper daily oral hygiene regimen generally remains poor. New electric artificial intelligence powered toothbrushes are able to precisely sense the location of the brushing being performed by the patient and transmit information to the clinician who is able to analyze the data and provide targeted instructions, if needed. This study evaluates whether a novel oral hygiene instruction regimen can provide some additional benefit for periodontal treatment compared with routine oral hygiene instructions.
Background and objective(s): Periodontitis is initiated by a dysbiotic host-microbe relationship. Standard periodontal treatment involves oral hygiene education, mechanical debridement and periodic follow-ups with the aims of pocket closure and maintaining a symbiotic microbial community. Nonetheless, this therapy alone may fail due to the limitations of mechanical instrumentation. The use of antimicrobial in combination to subgingival debridement has been proposed for initial and recurrent periodontitis to enhance the effectiveness of mechanical instrumentation. Antimicrobial peptide (AMP) comprised of a wide range of peptide, was found naturally in various life forms or manufactured as a synthetic compound. This study was conducted to evaluate the use of AMP as an adjunct to non-surgical periodontal treatment in terms of clinical and microbiological outcomes. Hypothesis • There are changes in clinical periodontal parameters and subgingival microbial profile following treatment with locally delivered synthetic AMP.
Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of photodynamic therapy (PDT) as an adjunct to non-surgical periodontal therapy on the clinical periodontal and biochemical parameters among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) having periodontitis. Methods: A total of 50 RA patients with periodontitis were included. The subjects were equally divided into two groups: Group A - scaling and root planning (SRP) + PDT; Group B - SRP only, respectively. Plaque score (PS), bleeding on probing (BOP), pocket depth (PD) and clinical attachment level (CAL) were estimated. The biochemical parameters included the assessment of interleukin 6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) and rheumatoid factors (RFs). Multiple comparisons were established by employing the Bonferroni's post-hoc test for both clinical and laboratory biomarker data. The Mann-Whitney test was used to compute the p-value for intergroup comparisons. For intra-group comparisons, the p-value was computed with the help of Wilcoxon signed ranks test.
Periodontitis patients, 40 cigarette smokers and 40 non-smokers (defined by cotinine measures in serum), were recruited to this double arm prospective cohort study. Data were collected 3 months following non-surgical and surgical periodontal treatment, and following 12 months with supportive periodontal therapy. Data collected were clinical attachment level, probing depth, bleeding on probing,oral bacteria, serum, blood (PAXgeneBlood), and gingival crevicular fluid.
Evidence support that pathogenic bacteria are not only responsible for periodontal destruction but also contributes to systemic inflammatory burden either directly or indirectly through increase in pro-inflammatory cytokines. Scaling and root planing (SRP) with or without local antibiotics contributes to reduced systemic inflammation. However, studies also reported insignificant changes in systemic inflammation after SRP. It may be due to incomplete control of periodontal inflammation. Systemic antibiotics proves to beneficial in treatment of severe periodontitis. Systemic antibiotics along with SRP results in improvement of vascular health and systemic inflammation. However, till date no study has been done to evaluate the role of systemic antibiotics as an adjunct to SRP on systemic inflammatory markers. In this randomized control study impact of adjunctive use of systemic antibiotics along with SRP on systemic inflammation would be assessed in periodontitis patients.
To investigate oral care provision in stroke care settings in Pakistan. Stroke can have adverse effects on oral care and health. Little is known about current oral care practices in stroke care settings.
The first step in the management of periodontal disease involves the non-surgical removal of the soft and hard bacterial deposits at all supra- and sub-gingival sites, especially into deep pockets, which can be carried on with different instruments. Unfortunately it seems that, after the initial therapy, many patients still present with active pockets (residual pockets) requiring further treatment and posing a risk of disease progression. This might be due to limitations of the instruments applied and patient-related factors. Air-polishing with low-abrasiveness powders seems to be very effective in the removal of supra- and sub-gingival biofilm and could provide additional benefits during the treatment of pockets. The aim of this randomized, controlled, split-mouth study was to compare the efficacy of full-mouth air-polishing followed by ultrasonic debridement (GBT) versus traditional Scaling and Root Planing (SRP), in terms of pocket closure in patients with stage III-IV periodontitis. To test this hypothesis, the mouth of each patients, upon initial evaluation, were divided in 2 parts: 1. The control group undergoing a standard procedure: ultrasonic debridement with an ultrasonic scaler for remove supra and sub gingival calculus, manual debridement with curettes at deep pathological pockets (PPD > 4mm) and rubber cup with polishing to remove supra gingival biofilm and plaque. 2. The study group undergoing the innovative air polishing procedure: airflow with erythritol powder to remove supra and sub gingival biofilm and plaque, perioflow at deep pathological pockets (PPD > 4mm) and ultrasonic debridement with an ultrasonic scaler for remove supra and sub gingival calculus. The prevalence of residual pockets will be evaluated at 6 weeks and 3 months after the initial therapy and compared between the two groups.
The authors theorize that periodontal flap surgery therapy with adjunctive DL therapy might bring favourable therapy results (clinical and bacterial parameters) in patients with stage 3-grade C periodontitis. Therefore, the goal of this split-mouth randomized clinical trial was to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of the treatment results for DL assisted modified Widman Flap (MWF) surgery (test site) with MWF surgery alone (control site) in periodontitis patients with stage 3-grade C by determining the changes in clinical parameters and bacterial load of pathogens (P.g., T.d., Camplyobacter rectus (C.r.), Prevotella intermedia (P.i.), T.f., A.a.) at preoperative and following MWF surgery at 6th week, 3rd and 6th months
The aim of this clinical study is to investigate the effectiveness of the combined application of Nd:YAG (neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet) laser and air abrasive applied in addition to nonsurgical periodontal treatment on clinical parameters in patients with periodontitis. A split-mouth, randomized study included 24 systemically healthy, non-smoker, periodontitis patients. In addition to non-surgical periodontal treatment, air abrasive (erythritol-chlorhexidine powder) and Nd:YAG laser (2 W, 200mJ, 10 Hz) combined application was applied to the test group, while only non-surgical periodontal treatment was applied to the control group. Clinical periodontal records of the patients, including plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI), bleeding on probing (BOP), probing pocket depth (PD), clinical attachment level (CAL), were taken before the treatment and at the 1st and 3rd months after the treatment. All clinical parameters improved significantly from baseline for both groups after treatment (p˂0.05). In the evaluation between the test and control groups, no statistically significant difference was found in the PI, GI and BOP parameters of the patients at any time (p˃0.05). While the amount of change in PD and CAL values after treatment in medium deep pockets in the study groups was compared, no significant difference was observed between the groups (p˃0.05), statistically significant improvements in PD and CAL parameters were observed in the test group compared to the control group only for deep pockets (≥7 mm) among the groups (p˂0.05).In conclusion, it has been observed that the combined application of Nd:YAG laser and air abrasive in systemically healthy, stage III and grade C periodontitis patients is in the short term on PD and CAL, especially in inaccessible areas such as deep pockets.