Status:

COMPLETED

Curcumin Paste as an Adjunctive Therapy in Periodontitis

Lead Sponsor:

Ain Shams University

Conditions:

Periodontitis

Eligibility:

All Genders

25-45 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

The turmeric (Curcuma longa) plant, a herb belonging to the ginger family. The most active component of turmeric is curcumin, which makes up 2 to 5% of the spice. Curcumin showed has antibacterial eff...

Detailed Description

The present study entailed twenty four patients having stage II or stage III, Grade A periodontitis with 24 intrabony defects. Patients were divided into two groups; group I was subjected to open flap...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Male or female with age range 25-45 years.
  • At least a single posterior 2-3 wall periodontal defect of pocket depth ≥ 5mm; clinical attachment level ≥ 3 mm, Intrabony component ≥ 3 mm and with plaque index ≤1 (Löe 1967) and bleeding index ≤1 (Mühlemann \& Son 1971). All the previous criteria were determined 2 weeks after phase I conventional periodontal therapy.
  • Systemically Healthy as evidenced by Burket's oral medicine health history questionnaire (Glick et al., 2008).

Exclusion

  • 1- Smokers. 2- Pregnant. 3- Patient unwilling to comply to periodontaloral hygienic instructions. 4- Vulnerable groups. (e.g: Decisionally impaired individual)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 20 2016

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 5 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

24 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04032132

Start Date

August 20 2016

End Date

November 5 2018

Last Update

July 25 2019

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