Aloe Vera in Chronic Periodontitis With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The present study is designed to investigate the effectiveness of AV gel local drug delivery as an adjunct to scaling and root planing (SRP) in the treatment of subjects with chronic periodontitis (CP) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM).

• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bangalore

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Well-controlled type 2 DM

• Chronic periodontitis with moderate to deep pockets [probing depth (PD) ≥5mm and clinical attachment loss (CAL) ≥3mm]

• No history of antibiotic or periodontal therapy in the preceding 6 months.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any known disease/condition or on any medication that can affect the periodontal status

• Known or suspected allergy to herbal medications

• Systemic antimicrobial therapy

• Aggressive periodontitis

• Smokers

• Alcoholics

• Immunocompromised patients

• Pregnant or lactating females