Efficacy of a Probiotic Lozenges in Chronic Periodontitis Patients.
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2016-03-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Periodontal disease is an infectious disease resulting in inflammation within supporting
tissues of the teeth, progressive attachment loss, and bone loss. Epidemiological studies
reveal that about 10% of the adult population suffer from severe periodontitis.It comprises
of two distinct but interconnected etiologic components: the periodontopathic bacteria
adjacent to the periodontal tissues, and the host-mediated connective tissue-destructive
responses to the causative bacteria and their metabolic products. In the arena of
periodontics, the probiotics pose a great potential of plaque modification, halitosis
management, altering anaerobic bacteria colonization, improvement of pocket depth, and
clinical attachment gain.
Aim of the study is to analyze the beneficial effect of probiotic lozenges as an adjunct to
Scaling and Root Planing, on clinical and biochemical parameters.