Multicenter, prospective, interventional open case series study using a randomized split-mouth design in moderate to severe chronic periodontitis patients having half-mouth treated with the KLOX BioPhotonic OraLum gel with a LED curing lamp as an adjunct to conventional non-surgical periodontal treatment (SRP) versus SRP alone in the second (control) half-mouth.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
30
Klox BioPhotonic OraLum Gel will be used with a LED curing lamp as an adjunct to conventional non-surgical periodontal treatment (SRP).
Scaling and Root Planing (SRP) is the conventional non-surgical treatment of chronic periodontitis.
Dr. Anthony Seminara Inc.
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Adverse events, Serious adverse events and incidents
Number of patients with adverse events, serious adverse events and incidents
Time frame: 3 weeks
Ease of performing SRP and time required to perform SRP
Time frame: 2 weeks
Impact on tissues (Visual examination of tissues)
Visual examination of tissues
Time frame: 3 weeks
Impact on bleeding (Use of Bleeding on Probing (BOP) results)
Use of Bleeding on Probing (BOP) results
Time frame: 2 weeks
Impact on Plaque Index (PI)
Time frame: 2 weeks
Impact on Gingival index (GI)
Time frame: 2 weeks
Pain (Visual Analog Scale)
Time frame: 2 weeks
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