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Effect of Nonsurgical Periodontal Treatment on Apelin and Oxidative Stress Levels

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Hatice Yemenoğlu

Status

Completed

Conditions

Periodontitis

Treatments

Other: Gingival crevicular fluid samples will be collected
Other: measurement of periodontal clinical parameters
Procedure: non surgical periodontal therapy

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06850987
Recep TayyipErdoganUniversity

Details and patient eligibility

About

Periodontitis is a multifactorial, chronic inflammatory disease triggered by microorganisms in the dental biofilm. The limited data of clinical periodontal measurements in the diagnosis of periodontitis have led to the search for more reliable biomarkers that can be used in the diagnosis and follow-up of periodontal diseases. Apelin is another adipokine that has been investigated in a small number of studies so far; its receptor (apelin reseptor (APJ)) was first identified in 1993 and later isolated as a molecule in 1998. Studies have focused on this form of apelin-13 due to its high biological activity. Although apelin-13 is considered the most biologically active form, it has been shown that apelin-36 has a much higher binding affinity to APJ than apelin-13. Periodontitis is the most common cause of tooth loss in adults, and is associated with systemic conditions such as metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular disease. The elucidation of these possible interactions has been the focus of many studies. Apelin is associated with insulin secretion, as well as its effects on lipid and glucose metabolism. Studies in both humans and animals have shown that type 2 diabetes and obesity are typically associated with increased plasma apelin levels. Based on this observation, recent studies have shown that salivary and serum apelin levels are higher in individuals with chronic periodontitis and type 2 diabetes compared to healthy individuals. Considering all this information, the investigators considered that apelin may be a biomarker for periodontal diseases due to its inflammation-regulating effects as a result of the change in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) apelin-13, apelin-36 and total oxidant status (TOS)/total antioxidant status (TAS) levels compared to the initial level after non-surgical periodontal treatment in systemically healthy and periodontitis individuals, considering the relationship of adipokines with periodontal disease in this study.

Enrollment

60 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Being systemically healthy
  • Not smoking
  • Not using anti-inflammatory drugs in the last 3 months, antibiotics and systemic corticosteroids in the last 6 months
  • Not being pregnant or lactating
  • Not having received periodontal treatment in the last 6 months
  • Having at least 20 teeth in the mouth
  • Being diagnosed with periodontitis (Stage 1-2 and Stage 3-4) by the researcher

Working groups will be formed based on the 2017 Periodontal Disease Classification

Exclusion criteria

being periodontally healthy having systemic disease being pregnant and lactating smoking having periodontal treatment in the last 6 months having fewer than 20 teeth

Trial design

60 participants in 2 patient groups

Stage 1-2 periodontitis group
Treatment:
Procedure: non surgical periodontal therapy
Other: measurement of periodontal clinical parameters
Other: Gingival crevicular fluid samples will be collected
Stage 3-4 periodontitis group
Treatment:
Procedure: non surgical periodontal therapy
Other: measurement of periodontal clinical parameters
Other: Gingival crevicular fluid samples will be collected

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Hatice Yemenoglu

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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