ArticleJournal of periodontal & implant science2018
Clinical and microbiological effects of the supplementary use of an erythritol powder air-polishing device in non-surgical periodontal therapy: a randomized clinical trial.
Article in Journal of periodontal & implant science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 20 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Clinical Outcomes of Using Erythritol Powder by Means of Air Polishing With Ultrasonic Debridement in the Treatment of Initial Periodontal Pockets in Hand of Dental Students: A Split-mouth, Randomized, Comparative, Controlled Study
Erythritol Powder Air Polishing as an Adjunct in Non-surgical Periodontal Therapy in the Management of Periodontitis: a Randomised Clinical Trial
Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Effect of Non-Surgical Periodontal Therapy on Subgingival Microbiota: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of periodontal research · 2025Pooled it
- Clinical effects of erythritol, glycine and trehalose as subgingival air-polishing powders on non-surgical periodontal treatment:a systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness and Clinical Performance of Erythritol Air-Polishing in Non-Surgical Periodontal Therapy: A Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Pooled it
- Use of air polishing for supra- and subgingival biofilm removal for treatment of residual periodontal pockets and supportive periodontal care: a systematic review.Clinical oral investigations · 2021Pooled it
- Clinical evaluation of a novel protocol for supportive periodontal care: A randomized controlled clinical trial.Journal of periodontology · 2024Trial
- Guided biofilm therapy versus conventional protocol-clinical outcomes in non-surgical periodontal therapy.BMC oral health · 2024Trial
- The efficacy of diode laser and subgingival air polishing with erythritol in treatment of periodontitis (clinical and microbiological study).BMC oral health · 2024Trial
- The efficacy of the adjunct use of subgingival air-polishing therapy with erythritol powder compared to conventional debridement alone during initial non-surgical periodontal therapy.Journal of clinical periodontology · 2022Trial
- Erythritol air polishing in the surgical treatment of peri-implantitis: A randomized controlled trial.Clinical oral implants research · 2022Trial
- Efficacy of the additional use of subgingival air polishing with erythritol powder in the treatment of periodontitis patients: a randomized controlled clinical trial.Clinical oral investigations · 2021Trial
- Adjunctive air-polishing with erythritol in nonsurgical periodontal therapy: a randomized clinical trial.BMC oral health · 2020Trial
- Adjunctive Use of Ozone Therapy in Treating Periodontitis in Smokers: A Prospective Split-Mouth Study.International journal of dentistry · 2026Article
- Antimicrobial Efficacy and Soft-Tissue Safety of Air-Polishing Powders in Periodontal Therapy: A Narrative Review.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2025Review
- Impact of Adjunctive Air-Polishing on Periodontal Status in Patients with Low Vitamin DJournal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Comment on Onisor et al. Reply to Stein, J.M. Comment on "Onisor et al. Effectiveness and Clinical Performance of Erythritol Air-Polishing in Non-Surgical Periodontal Therapy: A Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Clinical Comparison of Guided Biofilm Therapy and Scaling and Root Planing in the Active Phase of Periodontitis Management.European journal of dentistry · 2025Article
- Article
- Applying nano-HA in addition to scaling and root planing increases clinical attachment gain.Journal of periodontal & implant science · 2022Article
- Novel Approach to Dental Biofilm Management through Guided Biofilm Therapy (GBT): A Review.Microorganisms · 2021Review
- Bio-Inspired Systems in Nonsurgical Periodontal Therapy to Reduce Contaminated Aerosol during COVID-19: A Comprehensive and Bibliometric Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Review
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
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Abstract
purposeThis study was undertaken to evaluate the clinical and microbiological effects of an erythritol powder air-polishing device (EPAP) as a supplement to scaling and root planing (SRP) therapy in patients with moderate chronic periodontitis.
methodsClinical and microbiological evaluations were performed at 21 sites treated with SRP (control) and 21 sites treated with SRP+EPAP (test). All examinations were performed before treatment, 1 month after treatment, and 3 months after treatment.
resultsThere were no significant clinical differences between the test group and the control group. Microbiological analysis revealed that the relative expression level of
conclusionsIn this study, both SRP and SRP+EPAP were clinically and microbiologically effective as non-surgical periodontal treatments. In particular, the SRP+EPAP group showed an antimicrobial effect on
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