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Periodontal treatment with combined: mechanical therapy plus low-energy laser irradiation compared to scaling and root planning. A clinical and microbiological spilt mouth study

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Title Periodontal treatment with combined: mechanical therapy plus low-energy laser irradiation compared to scaling
and root planning. A clinical and microbiological spilt mouth study
 
Creator Al-Safi, Khulood A.
 
Description Background: The present study is aimed to describe a six- mouths result on selected microbiological and clinical
parameters obtained by subgingival debridement in periodontitis.
Material and Methods: Thirty patients with moderate to advanced periodontal destruction were treated under local
anesthesia and the quadrants were randomly allocated in a spilt-mouth design to receive one of 2 types of
treatment procedure: 1- Scaling and root planning (SRP) using hand instrument, and 2- Scaling and root planning
(SRP) and then irradiated with (Ga As) infrared diode laser. The selected teeth were assessed for microbiological and
clinical variables. Clinical measurements of plague index (PI), gingival index (GI), bleeding on probing (BOP), probing
depth (PD) gingival recession (GR) and clinical attachment level (CAL) were made prior to and at 3 and 6months
after treatment. Subgingival plague samples were taken at each appointment and analyzed using dark field
microscopy for the presence of cocci, non-motile rods, and spirochetes. Differences in clinical parameters and
prevalence of bacterial species were analyzed using the paired t-test.
Result: The mean value of BOP decreased in the laser group (SRP/L) from 59% at baseline to 20% after 6 month (P<
0.001) and in SRP group from 55% at baseline to 25% after 6 months (p
 
Publisher College of dentistry/ University of baghdad
 
Date 2017-01-31
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Identifier http://jbcd.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/jbcd/article/view/1691
 
Source Journal of Baghdad College of Dentistry; Vol 20 No 1 (2008); 37-44
2311-5270
1680-0087
 
Language en
 
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