Evaluation of Locally Delivered Propolis Gels in Periodontitis
Status:
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Trial end date:
2024-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Assess the efficacy of locally delivered propolis gel as an adjunct to scaling and root planning in management of Stage II, Grade B periodontitis
. Subjects and Methods
I. Patients' selection:
Thirty-two (32) patients were recruited from the outpatient clinic of Oral Medicine, Periodontology, and Oral Diagnosis department, Faculty of Dentistry, Ain Shams University.
This study was designed as a randomized, controlled, 2-parallel arm, triple blinded, single center clinical trial.
Thirty-two eligible patients with stage II and Grade B periodontitis were randomly assigned into 2 groups:
* Group 1 (intervention group) was treated with SRP combined with intrasulcular application of 1% Propolis gel.
* Group 2 (control group) was treated with SRP combined with intrasulcular application of placebo gel.