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Ascorbic Acid Versus Diode Laser in the Treatment of Gingival Hyperpigmentation

NCT03252418 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2017-08-22

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Summary

Vitamin C affect the melanocytes function not the number while diode laser cause melanocytes destruction. Although diode laser and vitamin C have proved their effectiveness in depigmentation in previous studies, there are no published studies compared the effect of diode laser and vitamin C on melanocytes and melanosomes clinically and histologically.

Conditions

  • Gingival Hyperpigmentaion

Interventions

DRUG

Ascorbic Acid 500 MG

ascorbic acid is vitamin that can cause gingival depigmentation

DEVICE

diode laser

diode laser is soft tissue laser case photothermolysis of melanoctes

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ain Shams University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nevine H kheir ElDien, Professor · faculty of Dentistry- Ain Shams univesity

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-10-07
Primary Completion
2016-09-10
Completion
2016-09-10

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