Status:

UNKNOWN

Efficacy of Oral Hygiene Instructions on Proinflammatory Cytokines Among Cigarette Smokers and Individuals Vaping Electronic Cigarettes During Plaque Induced Gingivitis (Clinical Trial)

Lead Sponsor:

University of Baghdad

Conditions:

Electronic Cigarette Use

Plaque Induced Gingivitis

Eligibility:

MALE

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

To evaluate the level of proinflammatory cytokines in individual vaping electronic cigarette in gingivitis patients. Can vaping affects the proinflammatory cytokines level in diseased individuals? G...

Detailed Description

Periodontal diseases are defined as an inflammatory process associated with bacterial activity and mediated by the host's immunologic response (Armitage, 1999; Tonetti et al., 2018). Gingivitis, a rev...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • the included participant will be patients smoking cigarette at least 12 months no more than 8 cigarettes per day, patients use electronic vape in categories of low to medium dependance according to the Penn state electronic cigarette dependence index (one time consist of around 15 puffs or last around ten minutes). participants who never consumed tobacco in any form during their lifetime, having minimum of 20 teeth, additionally, all of involved patients having generalized gingivitis with intact periodontium in which they have more than 10% bleeding sites with no PPD \>3 mm with no clinical attachment loss according to criteria proposed by (Chapple in,2018).

Exclusion

  • dual smokers, smokeless tobacco, heavy smokers, patient using high nicotine formula (more than 25 mg/ml), periodontitis patient, patient with systemic diseases, females, participants who had used antibiotics, steroidal or non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs within the past 6 months, patients who had undergone periodontal therapy within the last 6 months and patients unwilling to participate in study.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 20 2023

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

June 20 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

39 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06177158

Start Date

December 20 2023

End Date

June 20 2024

Last Update

December 20 2023

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