Effect of Root Planing on Surface Topography.

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01945632

Enrollment

Registered

2013-09-18

Start date

2011-01-31

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2013-09-18

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Conditions

Chronic Periodontitis

Brief summary

In a clinical trial of 19 patients, 44 single-rooted teeth will be randomly assigned to one of four groups for: 1) no treatment, 2) manual root planing with curettes; 3) root planing with piezoelectric ultrasonic scraper \[PU\]; or 4) root planing with vertically oscillating ultrasonic device \[VOU\]. Post-treatment, the teeth will be extracted and their topography analyzed in 124 observations with white light confocal microscopy, measuring the roughness parameters Rp, Rv, Rt, Ra, Rq, Rku, and Rsk.

Interventions

DEVICEVertically oscillating ultrasonic device

DEVICEpiezoelectric ultrasonic scraper

DEVICEconventional gracey curettes

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients undergoing programmed tooth extraction for chronic advanced periodontitis.

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with no advanced periodontitis or patients that refused the treatment.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Surface roughness	two years

Countries

Spain

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026