Effect of Root Planing on Surface Topography.

In a clinical trial of 19 patients, 44 single-rooted teeth will be randomly assigned to one of four groups for: 1) no treatment, 2) manual root planing with curettes; 3) root planing with piezoelectric ultrasonic scraper [PU]; or 4) root planing with vertically oscillating ultrasonic device [VOU]. Post-treatment, the teeth will be extracted and their topography analyzed in 124 observations with white light confocal microscopy, measuring the roughness parameters Rp, Rv, Rt, Ra, Rq, Rku, and Rsk.

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Key information

Conditions

Chronic Periodontitis Chronic Disease Disease Attributes Mouth Diseases Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Periodontal Diseases Periodontitis Stomatognathic Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

School of Dentistry, University of Granada

Granada, 18071, Spain

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Patients undergoing programmed tooth extraction for chronic advanced periodontitis.

Exclusion criteria

Patients with no advanced periodontitis or patients that refused the treatment.

Treatment and study plan

conventional gracey curettes

Device

Vertically oscillating ultrasonic device

Device

piezoelectric ultrasonic scraper

Device

Primary outcomes

Surface roughness

Time frame: two years

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Universidad de Granada

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2011
Primary completion: 2013
First posted: Sep 18, 2013
Registry last updated: Sep 18, 2013

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