Effect of smoking on the results of a chlorhexidine digluconate treatment extended up to 3 months after scaling and root planing-a pilot study

Stratul, Stefan-Ioan; Sculean, Anton; Rusu, Darian; Didilescu, Andreea; Kasaj, Adrian; Jentsch, Holger (2011). Effect of smoking on the results of a chlorhexidine digluconate treatment extended up to 3 months after scaling and root planing-a pilot study. Quintessence international, 42(7), pp. 555-63. Berlin: Quintessenz Verlags-GmbH

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The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of smoking on a prolongated chlorhexidine digluconate regimen after scaling and root planing. Forty-two smokers (test group) and 85 nonsmoking patients (control group) with generalized chronic periodontitis were examined for clinical attachment level (CAL), probing depth (PD), bleeding on probing (BoP), and Plaque Index (Pl) at baseline and after 1 and 3 months. During scaling and root planing, a 0.2% chlorhexidine digluconate solution and a 1% chlorhexidine digluconate gel were used. The subjects used a 0.2% chlorhexidine digluconate solution twice daily for 3 months. The Mann-Whitney U and Wilcoxon tests were used for statistical analysis. There were significant improvements of all studied variables after 1 and 3 months in both groups. After 3 months, the mean improvement in the test group was 1.62 mm for CAL, 2.85 mm for PD, and 48% for BoP; in the control group, the values were 2.18 mm for CAL, 2.81 mm for PD, and 47% for BoP. Only the maximum changes of CAL between 1 and 3 months (test group, 0.32 mm vs 0.69 mm in the control group) and PD (test group, 0.47 mm vs 0.76 mm in the control group) were significantly different between the groups (P < .05 and P = .05, respectively). The present data appear to suggest that the use of chlorhexidine digluconate twice daily during a period of 3 months following nonsurgical periodontal therapy may result in significant clinical improvements in smokers and nonsmokers.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > School of Dental Medicine > Department of Periodontology
UniBE Contributor:	Sculean, Anton, Jentsch, Holger
ISSN:	0033-6572
Publisher:	Quintessenz Verlags-GmbH
Language:	English
Submitter:	Eveline Carmen Schuler
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2013 14:16
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:04
PubMed ID:	21716983
Web of Science ID:	000293649900005
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/4460 (FactScience: 208678)