Clinical Efficacy of Full-Mouth Ultrasonic Debridement against
Partial-Mouth Ultrasonic Debridement in the Treatment of Chronic
Periodontitis: Full-Vs Partial-Mouth Debridement.
To compare the clinical benefit of full-mouth ultrasonic debridement against
partial-mouth ultrasonic debridement in patients with chronic periodontitis
up to 3 months after therapy.
Sixty patients with probing pocket depth ≥ 5 mm were randomly assigned
to evaluate the clinical efficacy of full-mouth ultrasonic debridement against partialmouth ultrasonic debridement in the treatment of advanced chronic periodontitis.
There was a reduction in the levels of probing pocket depth and relative attachment
level but no statistically significant difference between treatment groups
in intervals of 30, 60 and 90 days.
This study tried to verify if full-mouth ultrasonic debridement provides
clinically relevant improvements in the periodontal treatment.
Chronic periodontitis is the most common form of periodontitis with about 80% of
prevalence. The periodontal disease is an opportunistic infection associated with
the formation of bacterial bio films on the tooth surfaces.
This etiological factor acts through direct mechanisms: destruction caused by lytic enzymes and cytotoxins produced by bacteria, and indirect: periodontal destruction by the inflammation.
The chronic periodontitis has slowly progression and it can be classified in relation
to the length number of sites involved, as localized or generalized,
and the severity amount of insertion loss, as light, moderate and severe.
Dent Open J. 2014; 1(1): 5-9. doi: 10.17140/DOJ-1-102
