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Adjunctive Diode Laser Therapy in Non-Surgical Periodontal Therapy

ConditionsPeriodontal DiseasePeriodontal PocketsPeriodontal Attachment Loss
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorTel Aviv University

About this trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the efficacy of adjunctive application of diode laser to mechanical, non-surgical root surface debridement in patients attending periodontal office. The main question it aims to answer is:

To compare the clinical effectiveness of adjunctive application of a 940-nm diode laser with root surface debridement to the effectiveness of root surface debridement alone.

This study is a split-mouth design, where each quadrant will be randomly allocated to one of the following groups:

Control group (root surface debridement - RsD): scaling and root planing alone. Laser group (RsD + laser): scaling and root planing with adjunctive diode laser therapy Quadrants will be randomly allocated to the treatment groups

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Systemically healthy patients

Each patient should have more than 20 teeth remaining, and at least 5 teeth per quadrant

Each patient presented ≥ 30% of sites involved

At least 2 teeth with a probing depth of ≥ 5 mm in each quadrant, with evident radiographic bone loss.

Disqualifiers

History of systemic diseases affecting the periodontium

Smokers and alcoholic patients

Use of medication within the last 6 months, which might affect the periodontal status

Pregnant and lactating women

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • LASER assisted SRP

    Device

    Two quadrants will be treated mechanically (ScR) with adjunctive diode laser and another two quadrants mechanically (ScR) only

  • RsD

    Device

    mechanical root surface debridement with periodontal curettes

Treatment groups

20 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: test quadrantsExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: control quadrantsActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

PPD

periodontal pocket depth

Time frame
prior to treatment and 12 weeks and 6 months after treatment

Secondary outcomes

1

CAL

clinical attachment level

Time frame
prior to treatment and 12 weeks and 6 months after the treatment
2

BOP

bleeding on probing

Time frame
prior to treatment and 12 weeks and 6 months after the treatment

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Tel Aviv University

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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