A new ultrasonic periodontal probe has been developed that offers the potential for earlier detection of periodontal disease activity, non-invasive diagnosis, and greater reliability of measurement. A comparison study of the ultrasonic probe to both a manual probe, and a controlled-force probe was conducted to evaluate its clinical effectiveness. Twelve patients enrolled into this study. Two ha...

OBJECTIVE Many studies have reported that periodontal disease is associated with diabetes, but its relation with impaired fasting glucose (IFG) has been understudied. This study investigated the relationship between chronic periodontitis, IFG, and diabetes in the U.S. population. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Participants in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III, aged ≥ 20 ye...

Periodontitis is a common oral infection and inflammatory condition. Following treatment, residual or persistent periodontal inflammation is associated with disease progression and tooth loss. Cumulative evidence from clinical trials and meta-analyses support a complementary medical-mechanical model that combines locally delivered antimicrobials with scaling and root planing for the treatment o...

Periodontitis is a disease that affects and destroys the tissues that support teeth. Tissues damage results from a prolonged inflammatory response to an ecological shift in the composition of subgingival biofilms. Three bacterial species that constitute the red complex group, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Tannerella forsythia, and Treponema denticola, are considered the main pathogens involved in p...

Over the last 100 years, methods of surgical periodontal treatment have enjoyed a history of success in improving oral health. The paradigm of care is based on the "non-specific plaque hypothesis"--that is, the overgrowth of bacterial plaques cause periodontal disease, and the suppression of this overgrowth reduces disease risk. The central feature of this approach to care is the removal of inf...

Azithromycin is a macrolide which possesses a strong antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens. In the present study, we studied the effect of azithromycin as an adjunct to non-surgical treatment in early onset aggressive periodontitis. Initial treatment consisting of oral instructions and full-mouth scaling and root planing was performed over a 2-month period. Pa...

This review examines literature data concerning the bacterial findings in chronic periodontitis depending on pocket depth, and presents the latest published information on the presence of proinflammatory factors in periodontal environment. It has been found that chronic periodontitis affects as much as 80% of the middle-aged population; by comparison, the prevalence of aggressive periodontitis ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to examine the long-term effect of diode laser therapy on periodontal pockets with regard to its bactericidal abilities and the improvement of periodontal condition. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty patients were randomly subdivided into two groups (laser-group and control-group) and microbiologic samples were collected. There have bee...