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ArticleContemporary clinical dentistry

Effect of Nonsurgical Periodontal Therapy on Serum Highly Sensitive Capsule Reactive Protein and Homocysteine Levels in Chronic Periodontitis: A Pilot Study.

Siddharth Mallapragada, Jyoti Kasana, Pallavi Agrawal

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Article in Contemporary clinical dentistry. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Siddharth MallapragadaDepartment of Periodontology, School of Dental Sciences, Sharda University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Jyoti KasanaDepartment of Dentistry, Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Pallavi AgrawalDepartment of Periodontology, School of Dental Sciences, Sharda University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital · INSharda University · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe aim of the present study was to assess the effect of nonsurgical periodontal therapy on circulating serum high-sensitivity capsule reactive protein (hs-CRP) and homocysteine (Hcy) levels in patients with chronic periodontitis. MATERIALS AND

methodsThe study involved fifty participants. The test group included 25 systemically healthy controls (mean age 38.44 ± 3.27 years) with severe chronic periodontitis and the control group (

resultsMean serum hs-CRP and Hcy concentration in patients with chronic periodontitis were 3.37 ± 0.54 mg/L and 21.47 ± 7.93 μmol/L, respectively, and was significantly higher than the controls (1.68 ± 0.71 mg/L and 13.93 ± 8.30 μmol/L, respectively) (

conclusionChronic periodontitis leads to an increase in circulating levels of hs-CRP and Hcy in plasma and nonsurgical periodontal therapy decreases periodontal inflammation, which in turn reduces systemic inflammation and consequently decreases serum levels of hs-CRP and Hcy.

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Cardiovascular diseaseschronic periodontitishighly sensitive capsule reactive proteinhomocysteinenonsurgical periodontal therapy

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PMID28839416
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