The Effect of Time on the Outcome of Periodontal Treatment.

251 Hellenic Air Force & VA General Hospital

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Periodontitis

Treatments: Procedure: Periodontal treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05643287

251Hellenic

Details and patient eligibility

About

Re-evaluation after non-surgical periodontal treatment remains an integral part of comprehensive periodontal therapy. This re-evaluation determines if a patient is in need either of surgical periodontal therapy or a personalized program of supportive periodontal treatment. However important, this time point is yet to be determined.This interventional study aims to clarify which is the best time to re-evaluate the therapeutic result after non-surgical periodontal treatment.

Full description

This randomized clinical trial aims to clarify which is the best time to re-evaluate the therapeutic result after non-surgical periodontal treatment. For this purpose the participants will be recruited among people who come to the Periodontal Department of 251 Hellenic Air Force Hospital for periodontal treatment. Each participant is going to submit informed consent in order to be included in the study. Patients with the diagnosis of Periodontitis will be submitted to non-surgical periodontal treatment with ultrasonic and manual scalers within two sessions, under local anaesthesia. The result of the treatment is going to be evaluated at 6, 12 and 24 weeks after treatment completion.

Enrollment: 75 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Systematically healthy adults
• Informed consent form completion
• Periodontitis Diagnosis
• Patients not having received periodontal treatment since 12 months before

Exclusion criteria

• Medical History that interferes with wound healing
• Antibiotic and anti-inflammatory drugs intake
• Medication that induces gingival enlargement
• Pregnancy/ Lactation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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75 participants in 1 patient group

Periodontitis patients

Experimental group

Description:

Periodontitis patients receiving non-surgical periodontal treatment.

Treatment:

Procedure: Periodontal treatment