Single Sitting SRP vs Supra-gingival Scaling Followed by Sub-gingival SRP After One Week

Launched by POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES ROHTAK · Jul 7, 2022

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ClinConnect Summary

The aim of this randomized controlled clinical trial is to clinically compare the outcomes of scaling and root planing (SRP) completed in single sitting vs supragingival scaling followed by subgingival scaling and root planing after one week in Stage II and Stage III generalised periodontitis patients.

OBJECTIVES:

1. To assess the improvement in clinical parameters viz. bleeding on pocket probing (BOPP), pocket probing depth (PPD), clinical attachment level (CAL), plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI), bleeding on marginal probing (BOMP), gingival marginal position (GMP) and gingival rec...

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • •Systemically healthy patients with Stage II and Stage III Generalised Periodontitis with more than 20 teeth present.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Systemic illness known to affect the periodontium or outcome of periodontal therapy.
• • Mobile teeth (Mobility no. 2 and 3 as per Miller Index)
• • Patient taking medications such as NSAIDS, corticosteroids, statins or calcium channel blockers, which are known to interfere with periodontal wound healing.
• • Pregnant or lactating women.
• • History of use of tobacco.
• • History of periodontal treatment in last 2 years.