Evaluation of the Effect of Adjunctive Diode Laser Therapy in Mechanical Scaling and Root Surface Debridement in Non-Surgical Periodontal Therapy
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the efficacy of adjunctive application of diode laser to mechanical, non-surgical root surface debridement in patients attending periodontal office. The main question it aims to answer is: To compare the clinical effectiveness of adjunctive application of a 940-nm diode laser with root surface debridement to the effectiveness of root surface debridement alone. This study is a split-mouth design, where each quadrant will be randomly allocated to one of the following groups: Control group (root surface debridement - RsD): scaling and root planing alone. Laser group (RsD + laser): scaling and root planing with adjunctive diode laser therapy Quadrants will be randomly allocated to the treatment groups
• Systemically healthy patients
• Each patient should have more than 20 teeth remaining, and at least 5 teeth per quadrant
• Each patient presented ≥ 30% of sites involved
• At least 2 teeth with a probing depth of ≥ 5 mm in each quadrant, with evident radiographic bone loss.