NCT01405365

The Impact of Obesity on Nonsurgical Periodontal Therapy

The Impact of Obesity on Nonsurgical Periodontal Treatment of Destructive Periodontal Diseases

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 96 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 35 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect that obesity may have on the nonsurgical treatment (with and without the adjunct use of metronidazole) of destructive periodontal diseases (chronic periodontitis).

Detailed description

Normal weight (BMI 18.5-24.9 kg/m2) and obese (BMI \>30 kg/m2) women will be randomly assigned to two nonsurgical periodontal treatments: 1. scaling and root planing + placebo 2. scaling and root planing + metronidazole

Conditions

• Periodontitis
• Periodontal Diseases
• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Metronidazole	Metronidazole 400mg TID for 10 days
DRUG	Placebo	Placebo pill TID for 10 days
PROCEDURE	Scaling and root planning	Scaling and root planning performed with curettes and ultrasonic scalers under local anesthesia

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-08-01
• Primary completion: 2011-12-01
• Completion: 2012-12-01
• First posted: 2011-07-29
• Last updated: 2011-07-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil