Periodontal Dressing as an Adjunct after Scaling and Root Planing--A Useful Preventive Tool?

Jentsch, Holger F R; Knöfler, Gerhild U; Purschwitz, Regina E; Eick, Sigrun (2016). Periodontal Dressing as an Adjunct after Scaling and Root Planing--A Useful Preventive Tool? Oral health & preventive dentistry, 14(2), pp. 101-109. Quintessenz Verlags-GmbH 10.3290/j.ohpd.a35612

Full text not available from this repository.

PURPOSE

To determine the preventive effect of a periodontal dressing containing colophony, zinc oxide and magnesium oxide applied after scaling and root planing on clinical variables, subgingival bacteria and local immune response in patients with chronic periodontitis.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

In this randomised prospective clinical study, 28 volunteers with generalised moderate chronic periodontitis were treated with full-mouth scaling in a split-mouth design. In the test quadrants, the periodontal dressing was applied during the first three days. At baseline and after 6 and 12 weeks, probing pocket depth (PD), attachment level (AL) and bleeding on probing (BOP) were recorded, and subgingival plaque samples were taken for laboratory analysis.

RESULTS

In both groups, PD, AL and BOP were significantly reduced (p=0.001). BOP was significantly lower in the control than the test group after 6 weeks (p=0.046). Significantly reduced bacterial counts of Porphyromonas gingivalis were found in the control group after 12 weeks (p=0.013). No differences were found for the microbiological results between the groups. After 12 weeks, interleukin (IL)-8 and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-8 were significantly higher in the test group (p=0.023 and p=0.003, respectively).

CONCLUSION

The adjunctive application of a periodontal dressing had no additional preventive effect on clinical data 12 weeks after scaling and root planing.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > School of Dental Medicine > Periodontics Research

UniBE Contributor:

Eick, Sigrun

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1602-1622

Publisher:

Quintessenz Verlags-GmbH

Language:

English

Submitter:

Eveline Carmen Schuler

Date Deposited:

03 May 2017 15:42

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:02

Publisher DOI:

10.3290/j.ohpd.a35612

PubMed ID:

26870843

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/94803

Actions (login required)

Edit item Edit item
Provide Feedback