Comparative Evaluation of Chlorhexidine, Metronidazole and Combination Gels on Gingivitis

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Training of the examiner:

Participating investigators(Resident and supervisor) will be trained and calibrated on the development of the trial, case selection, measurement techniques, sample collection, data compilation sheets and their precise role in the study. In order to evaluate the intra-examiner reliability, five subjects not involved in the study will be evaluated twice by each investigator for the measurements at the interval of one week.

Methodology:

On the first visit after clinical examination, the specially designed baseline study proforma will be filled-in. The bleeding site...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Patients having 20 or more healthy teeth
• • Systematically healthy patient with no co-morbid
• • Subjects with clinically confirmed gingivitis having positive bleeding gums on probing in every sextant
• • Subjects having teeth without any clinical attachment loss
• Exclusion criteria:
• • Subjects with clinical attachment loss of greater than 2 mm on two sites
• • Pregnant or lactating females
• • Subjects with removal or fixed dental prosthesis
• • History of surgical or nonsurgical periodontal therapy in the last 6 months
• • Use of antibiotic in the last 30 days
• • Habit of smoking or use of smokeless tobacco
• • Allergic to Metronidazole or Chlorhexidine
• • Presence of any craniofacial syndrome patients
• • Patients on medications that have effects on gingival conditions (such as Nifedipine, Cyclosporine and Phenytoin etc.