NCT00669253

Treatment of Periodontitis Using Er:YAG Laser vs. Conventional Treatment Modalities

Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of Er:YAG Laser and Surgical Therapy in Treatment of Chronic Periodontitis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Ghent · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Conventional non-surgical periodontal treatment, that is, root debridement using manual and ultrasonic means at baseline and surgery using the same means after 6 months in case of persistent deep pockets (Group 1)/ Er:YAG laser used in a non-surgical approach at baseline and surgery using the same laser after 6 months in case of persistent deep pockets (Group 2)/ Surgery at baseline using manual and ultrasonic means (Group 3). All patients will undergo supragingival maintenance on a yearly basis.

Conditions

• Chronic Periodontitis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Er: YAG Laser	Scaling and root planing at baseline and surgery for remaining deep pockets after 6 months both using Er:YAG laser
PROCEDURE	Conventional treatment 1(ultrasonic and manual means)	Scaling and root planing at baseline and surgery for remaining deep pockets after 6 months both using conventional methods : ultrasonic and manual means
PROCEDURE	Conventional treatment 2 (ultrasonic and manual means)	Surgery at baseline for all deep pockets using conventional methods: ultrasonic and manual means

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-06-01
• Primary completion: 2010-12-01
• Completion: 2012-12-01
• First posted: 2008-04-30
• Last updated: 2014-12-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium