Evaluation of the effect of Guided Tissue Regeneration with or without te- tracycline root conditioning in the treatment of intrabony defects-A Clini- cal and Radiographic study

The present study was designed to comparatively evaluate the effect of G.T.R. with or without tetracycline root conditioning in the treatment of intrabony defects using a resorbable membrane. To achieve these aims, the following objectives were followed: Evaluation of pre surgical probing depths (PD) and it’s comparison post operatively. Comparison of the clinical attachment levels (CAL) pre surgically and post surgically. Assessment of the change in the overall area of the intrabony defect after the periodontal surgical treatment. The test group (n = 10) received resorbable barrier membrane with tetracycline root conditioning, while the control group (n=10) received the same membrane without tetracycline root conditioning for treating the intrabony defects. Both the treatment modalities resulted in a significant reduction in pocket depth and significant gain in both clinical attachment levels and bone levels post operatively after six months. Intergroup comparison of the parameters, revealed no statistically significant differences. Combining GTR. technique with the tetracycline root conditioning does not seem to improve the results following surgical treatment of intrabony defects.