The Effect of Low-Level Laser Therapy as an Adjunct to Non-surgical Therapy in Different Age Groups

Faculty of Dental Medicine for Girls

Status: Completed

Conditions: Periodontal Inflammation

Treatments: Other: non surgical scaling; Other: diode laser

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06140394

P-ME-23-04

Details and patient eligibility

About

the summary is to evaluate The Effect of Low-Level Laser Therapy as an Adjunct to Non-surgical Therapy on Inducible Nitrous Oxide Synthase Salivary Levels in Different Age Groups of Chronic Periodontitis Patients

Full description

2 ml of unstimulated saliva will be collected using spitting method, the collected samples will then be analyzed using Elisa technique for salivary Inducible nitrous oxide synthase levels.

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60 to 90 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• males and females
• aged below 40 or above 60
• periodontitis stage 2
• no tooth loss due to periodontitis

Exclusion criteria

• smoking habits
• history of antibiotics
• history of systemic diseases

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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44 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

old age group

Active Comparator group

Description:

old age group above 60 years old

Treatment:

Other: non surgical scaling

Other: diode laser

young aged group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

young age group below 40 years old

Treatment:

Other: non surgical scaling

Other: diode laser