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ArticleBMC oral health2020

Assessment of the half-life of cationic periodontal pocket irrigation.

Tugrul Kirtiloglu, Ilker Keskiner, Murathan Sahin, Banu Kirtiloglu, Safak Aygul, Umur Sakallioglu, Gokhan Acikgoz

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Article in BMC oral health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tugrul KirtilogluDepartment of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Ondokuz Mayis, Samsun, Turkey. tugkir@yahoo.com.ORCID 0000-0003-1330-3927
Ilker KeskinerDepartment of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Ondokuz Mayis, Samsun, Turkey.
Murathan SahinDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ondokuz Mayis, Samsun, Turkey.
Banu KirtilogluDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Samsun, Turkey.
Safak AygulDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Medibafra Private Hospital, Bafra, Samsun, Turkey.
Umur SakalliogluDepartment of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Ondokuz Mayis, Samsun, Turkey.
Gokhan AcikgozDepartment of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Aydin, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ondokuz Mayıs University · TRIstanbul Aydın University · TRSamsun University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe concentration and persisting time of antimicrobial agents in the periodontal pockets are important factors for their antimicrobial efficacy. Increased clearance time in the periodontal pocket is a significant criterion for the selection of intrapocket irrigants. The aim of this study was to estimate the clearance time of a cationic agent from the periodontal pocket.

methodsThallium-201(Tl-201) was chosen as a tracer to simulate the clearance of cationic substance because of its electrical activity. Twenty patients with periodontitis and probing depths 6 to 9 mm were included in this study. In each patient, 3 Mega Becquerel (MBq) of Tl-201 were inserted into the periodontal pocket. Dynamic imaging was performed and clearance of radioactivity was measured.

resultsClearance of radioactivity was 67.1 ± 16.9, 83.1 ± 13.9, 90.4 ± 10.4, 93.39 ± 8.0% at 30, 60, 90 and 120 min, respectively. Half-life of wash-out was determined as 20.3 ± 10.2 min.

conclusionThe results of this study demonstrate that the half-life of the cationic solution applied subgingivally was approximately 20 min and labelling of oral irrigants with radiotracers may be used to determine their clearance in further research.

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Thallium RadioisotopesTherapeutic IrrigationHalf-LifeHumansMetabolic Clearance RatePeriodontal PocketPeriodontitisRadionuclide ImagingTime FactorsThallium-201Thallium RadioisotopesCationic irrigationPeriodontal pocketScintigraphyTallium-201

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PMID31914986
PMCPMC6950995
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