OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to examine the periodontal condition of an adult population in three isolated regions in Greece and to determine the association of periodontal disease with several demographic, behavioral and environmental factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study population consisted of 640 individuals, aged 20 to 69 years from three isolated regions. The following ...

Abstract Objective The aim of this study was to assess whether serum cytokine levels correlate with clinical periodontal parameters in health or disease. Materials and Methods Male subjects (40–60 years) CP (n = 30), + CHD healthy controls 20) had plaque index (PLI), gingival (GI), bleeding on probing, probing pocket depth (PPD), attachment level (CAL) evaluated. Serum IL-1? IL-6 were quantifie...

background and aims. connective tissue grafts with and without periosteum is used in regenerative treatments of bone and has demonstrated successful outcomes in previous investigations. the aim of present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of connective tissue graft with and without periosteum in regeneration of intrabony defects. materials and methods. in this single-blind randomized spli...

Aim: The purpose of the present study was to evaluate gender-related differences in relationship between periodontal diseases and depression male female adults. Methodology: 171 females with disease (71 subjects gingivitis 100 periodontitis) 168 males (72 96 were included study. Clinic parameters (probing pocket depth, gingival index, plaque bleeding on probing) used examination. Depressive sym...

Background: Tetracycline has been used to treat periodontal disease due its unique ability reduce degeneration of collagenous matrix. The present study was conducted assess role tetracycline fibres in adjunct scaling and root planning. Materials & Methods: 40 patients chronic periodontitis were divided into 2 groups pf each. Group I underwent planning whereas group II followed by local appl...

o bjective : increased levels of oxidative stress markers in periodontitis have been reported by recent studies. malondialdehyde (mda) and superoxide dismutase (sod) are both in- creased during oxidative stress. the aim of this study was to detect and measure the level of oxidative stress markers in peri-implant crevicular fluid (picf). their correlation with peri-implant clinical parameters wa...

objective: the aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of an herbal medicine, piascledine, on the treatment of chronic periodontitis. materials and methods: twenty-four patients with chronic periodontitis participated in this interventional case control investigation. after initial screening the subjects were divided into case and control groups. clinical measurements including ...

background and aim: preeclampsia is a considerable problem of pregnancy. endothelial dysfunction and placental hypoxia are the current hypothesis of preeclampsia. chronic inflammation, including periodontitis may provoke systemic maternal and placental pro-inflammatory endothelial dysfunction, which represent a significant risk factor for diseases of vascular origin. so this study was carried o...

PURPOSE To assess the association between risk markers of chronic oral inflammation and changes over time in periodontal probing depth (PD) in the third molar region, the distal of a second molar, or around a third molar. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The data from these analyses are part of a study of subjects enrolled with 4 asymptomatic third molars with adjacent second molars in an institutional r...

background: periodontitis and rheumatoid arthritis (ra) share a number of clinical and pathologic features, one of which is the presence of the tumor necrosis factor alpha (tnf-α)-induced bone resorption that is involved in the pathogenesis of both. objectives: to investigate the effect of tnf-α blockade on periodontal conditions in patients with active ra. method: the periodontal statuses of 3...