Effects of full-mouth scaling on the periodontal health of Indigenous Australians: a randomized controlled trial

Kostas Kapellas, Loc Do, P Bartold, Michael Skilton, Louise Maple-Brown, Kerin O'Dea, Alex Brown, David Celermajer, Gary Slade, Lisa Jamieson

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    Abstract

    Background Simplified periodontal therapy might be a pragmatic strategy for public health programmes targeting Indigenous Australian adults. The objective of this randomized controlled trial was to evaluate oral health effects of single-visit, non-surgical periodontal therapy compared to no treatment. Methods This parallel-group, randomized, open label clinical trial enrolled 273 Indigenous Australians aged ≥18 years with periodontitis. Intervention participants received full-mouth periodontal scaling and root planing during a single visit while the control group received no treatment. Endpoints were summary variables derived from clinical assessments of probing depth, clinical attachment loss, plaque, calculus and gingival bleeding before treatment and 3 months later. Results Endpoints could be calculated for 169 participants with follow-up data. Compared to the control group, there were statistically significant reductions in extent of shallow pockets: PD ≥4 mm (mean difference -2.86, [95% CI -5.01 to -0.71], p = 0.009) and gingival bleeding (mean difference -0.25, [95% CI -0.43 to -0.08], p = 0.005) but not deeper pockets PD ≥5 mm (mean difference -0.48, [95% CI -1.78 to 0.82], p = 0.468) or plaque scores. Conclusions Periodontal therapy produced improvements in shallow periodontal pockets and measures of gingival bleeding in these Indigenous Australians.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1016-1024
    Number of pages9
    JournalJOURNAL OF CLINICAL PERIODONTOLOGY
    Volume40
    Issue number11
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Nov 2013

    Keywords

    • full-mouth scaling
    • Indigenous Australian
    • non-surgical periodontal therapy
    • randomized controlled trial
    • smoking
    • subgingival scaling

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