Clinical efficacy of single and multiple applications of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy in periodontal maintenance: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Ramanauskaite, Egle; Moraschini, Vittorio; Machiulskiene, Vita; Sculean, Anton (2021). Clinical efficacy of single and multiple applications of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy in periodontal maintenance: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. Photodiagnosis and photodynamic therapy, 36, p. 102435. Elsevier 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2021.102435

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BACKGROUND

At present the clinical efficacy of single (S) versus multiple (M) applications of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) is controversially discussed.

AIM

To systematically evaluate the clinical efficacy of adjunctive S and M applications of aPDT to subgingival debridement (SD) in the treatment of residual periodontal pockets.

METHODS

An electronic search was carried out for randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs) reporting on SD with the adjunctive use of S- or M-aPDT applications.

RESULTS

Statistically significantly higher improvement in bleeding on probing (BOP) and probing depth (PD) reduction was found for SD + S-aPDT versus SD, with Mean difference (MD) = -16.8 (95% CI: -30.7 to -2.91; p = 0.02) and 0.4, (95% CI: 0.02 to 0.78, p = 0.04), respectively. Regarding BOP, there was also a statistically significant difference when SD + M-aPDT was compared with SD alone, with a MD of -5.13 (95% CI: -7.20 to -3.07; p < 0.00001). For all parameters, SD + S-aPDT demonstrated the best treatment ranking of probability results, followed by SD + M-aPDT and SD alone.

CONCLUSIONS

Within their limits, the present data indicate that in periodontal patients enrolled in maintenance: a) single and multiple adjunctive applications of aPDT following SD resulted in statistically significant BOP reduction compared to SD alone, and b) repeated applications of aPDT did not seem to result in superior outcomes compared to single applications.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > School of Dental Medicine > Department of Periodontology

UniBE Contributor:

Sculean, Anton

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1873-1597

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Doris Burri

Date Deposited:

26 Jan 2022 11:19

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 16:00

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.pdpdt.2021.102435

PubMed ID:

34245916

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Periodontitis Photodynamic therapy Systematic Review periodontal maintenance residual pockets

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/163694

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/163694

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