Burs Versus Curettes in Root Planing.

NCT ID: NCT02875470

Last Updated: 2016-08-23

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE1
• Total Enrollment: 12 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2013-10-31
• Study Completion Date: 2015-04-30

Brief Summary

This study compares the efficacy of diamond burs and Gracey curettes in non-surgical periodontal treatment of chronic periodontitis by clinical, microbiological, biochemical parameters and scanning electron microscopic investigations on root surfaces. Two quadrants of each of the 12 patients were treated with diamond burs whereas other 2 quadrants were treated with Gracey curettes. Also 21 hopeless teeth received root planing either with diamond burs or curettes or no treatment at all and were then extracted for microscopic evaluations.

Detailed Description

Gracey curettes are the most widely used instruments for root planing and regarded as the gold standard, but their usage is technic sensitive and time consuming for the clinician and efficacy reduces in deep pockets, root irregularities, and furcations. Alternative sonic, ultrasonic and rotary instruments have been investigated for potential benefits in improving mechanical access. Sonic and ultrasonic instruments are used for scaling, but they cannot provide smooth root surfaces.

Intensiv Perio Set is a rotating diamond bur system developed for odontoplasty, scaling and root planing. It is used only in right angle hand piece, at rotation speeds of 6000 rpm, with reduced pressure application. These burs have two different head types for morphologically different areas; flame or tapered, three different grains; 75, 40, or 15 μm, with either a short or long neck for each unit. Burs with 75 μm grain are used only in odontoplasty, whereas, 40 and 15 μm burs are used for scaling and root planing.

Conditions

Chronic Periodontitis

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Intensiv Perio Set

Root planing with diamond burs

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Intensiv Perio Set

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Diamond burs for root planing

Gracey curette

Root planing with Gracey curettes

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Gracey curette

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Interventions

Intensiv Perio Set

Diamond burs for root planing

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Gracey curette

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• clinical diagnosis of generalized chronic periodontitis (Armitage 1999)
• presence of at least 3 teeth (1 molar, 2 non-molar teeth) with probing depth ≥ 5 mm in each quadrant

Exclusion Criteria

• presence of any known systemic disease or using medications that affect periodontal tissues
• antibiotic treatment and/or periodontal treatment within the past 6 months
• tobacco usage during the last 12 months
• being pregnant or in the lactation period

• Minimum Eligible Age: 37 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of Glasgow

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Ege University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Fatma Türktekin

Principal investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Eralp Buduneli, Proffessor

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Ege University

Other Identifiers

FTurktekin

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id