Treatment of Periodontitis Using Er:YAG Laser vs. Conventional Treatment Modalities

Ghent University Hospital (UZ)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Periodontitis

Treatments: Procedure: Conventional treatment 1(ultrasonic and manual means); Procedure: Er: YAG Laser; Procedure: Conventional treatment 2 (ultrasonic and manual means)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00669253

2008/189

Details and patient eligibility

About

Conventional non-surgical periodontal treatment, that is, root debridement using manual and ultrasonic means at baseline and surgery using the same means after 6 months in case of persistent deep pockets (Group 1)/ Er:YAG laser used in a non-surgical approach at baseline and surgery using the same laser after 6 months in case of persistent deep pockets (Group 2)/ Surgery at baseline using manual and ultrasonic means (Group 3). All patients will undergo supragingival maintenance on a yearly basis.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 35+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• at least 35 years of age
• at least 18 teeth present that can be retained by means of therapy among which 4 multirooted teeth or more(wisdom teeth excluded)
• presence of at least one deep pocket per quadrant (6 mm PPD or more) with radiographic evidence of bone loss (>= 30% of root length)

Exclusion criteria

• pregnancy
• removable prosthesis

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 3 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Description:

Scaling and root planing at baseline and surgery for remaining deep pockets after 6 months both using Er:YAG laser

Treatment:

Procedure: Er: YAG Laser

2

Active Comparator group

Description:

Scaling and root planing at baseline and surgery for remaining deep pockets after 6 months both using conventional methods (ultrasonic and manual means)

Treatment:

Procedure: Conventional treatment 1(ultrasonic and manual means)

3

Active Comparator group

Description:

Surgery at baseline for all deep pockets using conventional methods (ultrasonic and manual means)

Treatment:

Procedure: Conventional treatment 2 (ultrasonic and manual means)