Diode Laser Study for Periodontal Maintenance Patients

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
• Main ID: NCT01215201
• Date of registration: 04/10/2010
• Primary sponsor: University of Nebraska
• Public title: Diode Laser Study for Periodontal Maintenance Patients
• Scientific title: Adjunctive Non-Surgical Therapy of Inflamed Periodontal Pockets Using Diode Lasers During Maintenance Therapy
• Date of first enrolment: May 2010
• Target sample size: 110
• Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
• URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01215201
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Countries of recruitment

United States

Contacts

• Name: Naomi-Trang Nguyen, D.D.S.
• Affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Dentistry

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Any adult periodontal maintenance patient having had chronic periodontitis with last
active therapy at least 3 months prior and with 1 or more sites/subject with =5mm
probing depth that have bleeding on probing and/or suppuration. They have signed an
informed consent form to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Subjects who are un-controlled diabetics, use NSAIDS regularly for chronic
disease/pain, used antibiotics for the last 3 months, require antibiotic coverage for
therapy, are pregnant and below age 30.



Age minimum: 30 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Periodontal Maintenance Patients With Chronic Periodontitis With =5mm Probing Depth That Have Bleeding on Probing and/or Suppuration.

Intervention(s)

Device: Diode Laser

Primary Outcome(s)

Periodontal clinical parameters [Time Frame: 3 months]

Secondary ID(s)

452-09-EP

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors