NCT06506370

Nonsurgical Periodontal Care for Diabetes Patients: A Case-Control Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad de Murcia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Diabetes mellitus (DM) and periodontitis are two chronic diseases that are interconnected. The coexistence of these conditions leads to increased severity of periodontitis and challenges in controlling blood glucose levels in diabetic patients. The aim of the present study was to evaluate both the influence of periodontal disease and its treatment in patients with DM in terms of a reduction in glycosylated haemoglobin levels at 3 and 6 months after treatment.

Detailed description

A sequential, nonprobabilistic, controlled, prospective and longitudinal case-control study was carried out at the University Dental Clinic of the Morales Meseguer Hospital in Murcia, Spain. Thirty diabetic patients were divided into two groups. Participants were assigned to either the periodontal treatment group (test group), which received oral hygiene instructions along with scaling and root planing utilizing ultrasound and Gracey curettes, or the nonperiodontal group (control group), which received oral hygiene instructions along with supragingival removal of plaque and calculus using ultrasound. Periodontal and endocrine-metabolic variables were evaluated at baseline and at 3 and 6 months. Clinical periodontal variables such as the plaque index (PI), bleeding on probing (BOP), periodontal probing depth (PPD), clinical attachment level (CAL), and glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels were assessed.

Conditions

• Periodontitis
• Diabetes

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	nonsurgical periodontal treatment	The patients underwent treatment in accordance with the guidelines of the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP). Initially, patients were informed of their condition, educated on oral hygiene practices, and advised to cease detrimental habits such as smoking. Following this, supragingival cleaning was conducted using ultrasound, with manual subgingival instrumentation utilizing a reduced set of Gracey curettes for pockets exceeding 4 mm with persistent bleeding or greater than 6 mm.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-03-04
• Primary completion: 2013-09-01
• Completion: 2013-12-01
• First posted: 2024-07-17
• Last updated: 2024-07-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain