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Treatment of Periodontitis With Er:YAG Laser

NCT03628872 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 29

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Summary

The purpose of this research project is to gain information on the best and most comfortable way to treat the periodontal disease. The main objective is to compare the efficacy of conventional scaling and root planning compared to laser scaling for the non-surgical treatment of periodontal disease. Both therapies have shown to be effective and are regularly used in the dental clinic.

Conditions

  • Generalized Moderate Chronic Periodontitis
  • Generalized Severe Chronic Periodontitis
  • Periodontal Diseases

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Scaling and root planing

A non-surgical procedure that treats periodontal disease, sometimes called a deep cleaning, is considered the "gold standard" (standard of care) of treatment for patients with chronic periodontitis.

DEVICE

Er:YAG Laser

This laser is intended to be used for dental surgery. The Er:YAG Laser emits an infrared beam which is readily absorbed by water contained by both hard and soft tissues of the human body. As a result, energy of the laser beam instantly vaporizes the water molecules in soft and hard tissues of the tooth and surrounding tissues causing the tissues to crumble away or resection of the soft tissues of gingival.

DEVICE

Hand instruments

11/12 and 13/14 gracey, 4R/4L curette and sickle - standard of care choices for performing scaling and root planing.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Philip Kang, DDS, MS · Columbia University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-03-02
Primary Completion
2019-05-01
Completion
2019-06-01
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • United States

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