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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-12-30
pubmed:abstractText
The clinical and microbial effects of a single episode of simultaneous ultrasonic scaling and subgingival irrigation with chlorhexidine (CHX) were studied as a function of clinical probing depth in patients with adult periodontitis. 60 patients were randomly assigned to receive subgingival irrigation under cavitation with either sterile water or 0.12% CHX delivered through the tip of an ultrasonically activated scaler as part of initial periodontal therapy in a double-blind study design. 3 periodontal sites were randomly selected for examination from each patient on the basis of clinical probing depth, with 1 site being selected within each of the following ranges: 1-3 mm, 4-6 mm, and 7-9 mm. Pretreatment and post-treatment (days 14 and 28) clinical assessments included a plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI), and clinical probing depth (CPD). Subgingival specimens also were collected from 1-3 mm and 4-6 mm sites on a random subset of patients (15 per group). Plaque counts of spirochetes and motile organisms were made by darkfield microscopy. Significant reductions in PI, GI, and CPD were observed among all sites within both treatment groups at 14 and 28 days post-treatment. CHX irrigation resulted in a significantly greater reduction in CPD than did water among sites initially probing 4-6 mm at both 14 and 28 days post-treatment (25% versus 13% and 31% versus 18%, respectively). Spirochete counts were modestly but nonsignificantly reduced at 14 days post-treatment among sites 4-6 mm within both treatment groups. These results suggest that subgingival irrigation with CHX during ultrasonic scaling provides differential clinical benefits that are site-dependent.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0303-6979
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
595-600
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinical effects of simultaneous ultrasonic scaling and subgingival irrigation with chlorhexidine. Mediating influence of periodontal probing depth.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Periodontics and Microbiology, University of Maryland, Dental School, Baltimore 21201.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial