Effect of Smoking Cessation on Non-surgical Periodontal Therapy (EsCAPE)

University of Sao Paulo

Status: Completed

Conditions: Periodontitis

Treatments: Procedure: Non-surgical periodontal therapy; Behavioral: Smoking cessation therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02493270

EsCAPE

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this prospective study is to verify the efficacy of smoking cessation on non-surgical periodontal therapy in adult subjects with chronic periodontitis.

Smokers that were willing to quit received periodontal treatment and concurrent smoking cessation therapy. Periodontal maintenance was performed every 3 months. A calibrated examiner, blinded to smoking status, assessed periodontal status, gathered demographic and behavioural information with a structured questionnaire and measured air carbon monoxide concentration measurements.

Enrollment: 177 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• subjects were willing to stop smoking
• >10 teeth
• periodontitis (30% or more of their teeth with proximal CAL ≥ 5 mm

Exclusion criteria

• systemic conditions considered as risk factors for periodontal disease,
• periodontal therapy in the last 6 months
• continuous systemic use of anti-inflammatory or steroidal drugs

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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177 participants in 1 patient group

Adjunctive smoking cessation

Experimental group

Description:

non-surgical periodontal therapy and concurrent smoking cessation therapy

Treatment:

Behavioral: Smoking cessation therapy

Procedure: Non-surgical periodontal therapy