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Efficacy of Coconut Oil Therapy as supplementary to Scaling in Diabetic patients with Gum Disease.

Evaluation of Efficacy of Coconut Oil Pulling Therapy as an adjunct to Scaling in Diabetic patients with Chronic Gingivitis â?? A Randomised Controlled Clinical Study.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2018/03/012689
Enrollment
60
Registered
2018-03-21
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- CONTROLLED DIABETIC PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC GINGIVITIS IN THE AGE GROUP OF 25-70 YEARS WITH HbA1c LEVELS LESS THAN 7

Interventions

Intervention1: COCONUT OIL and Scaling and Root planing (SRP): The test group will be instructed to perform oil pulling with coconut oil, one tablespoon of coconut oil on an empty stomach first thing

Sponsors

Dr Shraddha Kode
Lead Sponsor
ICPA COMPANY MUMBAI
Collaborator

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Age group between 25-70 years. 2. Patients with controlled diabetes (on oral hypoglycemic drugs) with glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels 3. Patients with chronic gingivitis 4. Patients with minimum of 20 teeth. 5. Patients who have not received any type of periodontal therapy for the past 6 months

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients on insulin therapy 2. Patients suffering from any other systemic disease or with compromised immune system. 3. Patients with a known history of drug allergy 4. Patients taking any drug known to cause gingival enlargement 5. Patients taking any immuno-suppressive drugs like corticosteroids. 6. Pregnant and/or lactating mothers. 7. Patients with any bleeding disorders. 8. Patients on anticoagulant therapy. 9. Patients with smoking and tobacco chewing habits.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Gingival index (G.I.) (Loe and Silness, 1963) Timepoint: BASELINE AND 15DAYS POST TREATMENT—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Plaque index (P.I.) (Tureskey-Gilmore-Glickman Modification Of Quigley Hein, 1970)Timepoint: BASELINE AND 15DAYS POST TREATMENT—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDR SHRADDHA KODE

Nair Hospital Dental College

drpraneetakamble@gmail.com9820263468

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026