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Interdental Plaque Reduction and Periodontitis

NCT04527913 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2022-11-07

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Summary

To determine the efficacy of four different oral hygiene protocols involving adjunctive interdental cleaning devices in periodontal patients in terms of plaque and gingival inflammatory scores.

Conditions

  • Periodontitis

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Interdental Oral Hygiene Instruction (Int-OHI)

Int-OHI will be given focusing on the interdental device of the allocated group for each patient and will be given only once at timepoint T-7. No further formal Int-OH instructions will be given, unless specifically asked by the patient. Int-OHI will be delivered by trained dental hygienist/periodontist.

PROCEDURE

One session of professional supragingival scaling and polishing

A session of professional supragingival scaling and polishing: instrumentation will be performed by a trained dental hygienist/periodontist with great care in performing exclusively coronal maneuver. No instrumentation or exploring of the gingival crevice/ sulcus will be performed.

PROCEDURE

Oral Hygiene Instruction (OHI)

OHI will be given focusing on manual toothbrushing and will be given only once at timepoint T-7. No further formal OH instructions will be given, unless specifically asked by the patient. OHI will be delivered by trained dental hygienist/periodontist.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Pisa

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-09-30
Primary Completion
2019-06-30
Completion
2020-08-31

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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