introduction: periodontitis is an inflammatory periodontal disease that leads to tooth loss. recently laser has been introduced as an alternative treatment for periodontitis. the aim of the present study was to compare the effect of erbium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (er:yag) laser with ultrasonic scaler in patients with moderate chronic periodontitis. methods: in this randomized single-blind...

background: recently, there has been interest in non‑mammalian collagen sources such as fish collagen in the development of biomatrices and scaffolds for periodontal regeneration. in the present study, a novel collagen barrier membrane of fish origin was assessed in the treatment ofperiodontal intra‑bony defects. materials and methods: ten systemically healthy chronic periodontitis patients hav...

OBJECTIVES Locally used doxycycline has been shown to concentrate in crevicular fluid and demonstrates a wide spectrum of activity against the periodontal pathogens. The aim of the present clinical study was to evaluate the efficacy of doxycyline hyclate 10% as an adjunct to scaling and root planing in the treatment of chronic periodontitis. MATERIAL AND METHODS 60 systemically healthy, chron...

BACKGROUND Many clinical studies have demonstrated that guided tissue regeneration (GTR) is a successful treatment modality of periodontal reconstructive surgery and it has become an accepted procedure in most periodontal practices. RATIONALE The purpose of this structured review was to assess the efficacy of guided tissue regeneration (GTR) procedures in patients with periodontal osseous def...

The aim of this study was to assess and quantify the random effects resulting from clustering in the following individual-level periodontal outcomes: presence of clinical attachment loss of > or = 1 mm (CAL1), presence of clinical attachment loss of > or = 3 mm (CAL3), and presence of necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis (NUG); or in the following class-level periodontal outcomes: number of studen...

abstract background: production of advanced glycation end products (ages) is directly linked to the level and duration of hyperglycemia in diabetic patients. oxidative stress plays a major role in the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus. free radicals are f01med in diabetes by glucose oxidation, nonenzymatic glycation of proteins and subsequent oxidative degradation of glycated proteins. thiobarb...