Use of Laser Assisted New Attachment Procedure and Low Level Laser Therapy for Periodontitis Patients

Launched by IZMIR KATIP CELEBI UNIVERSITY · Jan 1, 2021

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ClinConnect Summary

The study was designed as a randomized-controlled, single-blind and parallel design consisting of 80 patients with chronic periodontitis. Study consists of 4 groups, with 20 patients in each group. Group 1 received only NSPT, Group 2 received NSPT+LANAP, Group 3 received NSPT+LLLT, and Group 4 received NSPT+LANAP+LLLT. Clinical measurements of patients and gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) were taken before treatment and after 1 and 3 months. In GCF, interleukin-1beta, interleukin-10 and vascular endothelial growth factor were analyzed. Standard periapical radiographs were taken for radiograp...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • periodontitis of periodontal stage II, III, or IV with grades B
• • with at least 12 teeth in the mouth and had ≥4 teeth but not all of them in the same quadrant
• • with Probing depth of ≥5 mm, Clinical attachment level of ≥4 mm
• • radiographic evidence of alveolar bone loss
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • smoking
• • pregnancy and lactation
• • using antibiotics in the last 6 months and anti-inflammatory drugs in the last 3rd months,
• • having the systemic disease and the use of the drug that will affect the periodontal condition, having restoration of the adjacent tooth to be collected gingival crevicular fluid