Trial reportJournal of periodontology2024
Clinical evaluation of a novel protocol for supportive periodontal care: A randomized controlled clinical trial.
Trial report in Journal of periodontology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Clinical efficacy of Guided Biofilm Therapy in the management of periodontal disease - a systematic review.BMC oral health · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of two supportive periodontal care protocols and outcome predictors during periodontitis: A randomized controlled trial.Journal of periodontology · 2026Trial
- 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
- Professional biofilm management during supportive periodontal therapy-a longitudinal observational study.BMC oral health · 2025Observational
- The role of the oral microbiome, host response, and periodontal disease treatment in Alzheimer's disease: A primer.Periodontology 2000 · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of this study was to compare the clinical efficacy and the patient perception of subgingival debridement with either guided biofilm management (GBM) or conventional scaling and root planing (SRP) during supportive periodontal care (SPC).
methodsForty-one patients in SPC were randomly assigned to either treatment with GBM or SRP every 6 months. The primary outcome was the percentage of bleeding on probing (BoP) at 1 year. Moreover, pocket probing depths (PPD), recession, and furcation involvements were also measured. Full-mouth and specific site analyzes were performed at baseline, 6 and 12 months of SPC. Patient comfort was evaluated using a visual analogue scale (VAS) at 12 months.
resultsAt 1 year, mean BoP percentage decreased from 12.2% to 9.0% (p = 0.191) and from 14.7% to 7.9% (p = 0.004) for the GBM and SRP groups, respectively. Furcation involved multirooted teeth but no through-and-through lesions were significantly fewer in the GBM than in the SRP group after 12 months (p = 0.015). The remaining parameters showed slight improvement in both groups without any statistically significant differences between the two groups after 1 year. Pain evaluation as patient reported outcome measures (pain evaluation) was in favor (p = 0.347) of the SRP group, while overall satisfaction was similar for both groups. Treatment time was not statistically significantly different between the two groups (p = 0.188).
conclusionIn well-maintained SPC patients, SRP protocols resulted in significant clinical improvements in terms of BoP; however, for the other clinical improvements, similar efficacy for both GBM and SRP was observed.
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