Periodontitis patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus will receive non-surgical periodontal treatment and then be supplemented with daily 500 mg vitamin C (test group) or placebo (control group) for 2 months. Clinical parameters will be retrieved at baseline, at the end of week 4 and at the end of week 8.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
30
non surgical periodontal treatment+vitamin C 500 mg/day for 2 months
non surgical periodontal treatment+placebo for 2 months
Burapha University Hospital
Chon Buri, Thailand
RECRUITINGsulcus bleeding index
bleeding upon probing of gingival sulcus from the most severe periodontitis tooth
Time frame: baseline, change from baseline sulcus bleeding index at 4 weeks, change from baseline sulcus bleeding index at 8 weeks
Supanee Rassameemasmaung, DDS, M.Sc (Periodontics), Ph.D
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