NCT01330082

Adjunctive Photodynamic Therapy in the Treatment of Chronic Periodontitis

Efficacy of Adjunctive Photodynamic Therapy Using Light-emitting Diode in the Treatment of Chronic Periodontitis

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 2 / Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 16 (actual)
• Sponsor: Tehran University of Medical Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this randomized clinical trial is to clinically evaluate the effectiveness of the adjunctive use of photodynamic therapy (PDT) with an light-emitting diode (LED) light source in the treatment of chronic periodontitis.

Conditions

• Chronic Periodontitis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Adjunctive Photodynamic Therapy	using Light-emitting diod(LED) (625-635nm,200mw/cm2 ,30 s for each site, fotoson CMS Dental ,Denmark) in the presence of toluidine blue O (TBO)
OTHER	Light-emitting diod Irradiation	625-635nm,200mw/cm2 ,30 s for each site, fotoson CMS Dental ,Denmark
OTHER	applying Photosensitizer	toluidine blue O is applied at the bottom of each periodontal pocket

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-04-01
• Primary completion: 2010-11-01
• Completion: 2011-05-01
• First posted: 2011-04-06
• Last updated: 2011-04-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Iran