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boric acidFinding

Boric acid decreases bleeding on probing

lowersVery limited evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“BOP (percentage) was significantly lower in the B group compared with the CHX and C groups in the first month after treatment (P <0.001).”

Quoted verbatim from Boric acid irrigation as an adjunct to mechanical periodontal therapy in patients with chronic periodontitis: a randomized clinical trial.

This finding among the 2 findings on its endpoint

boric acid

Bleeding on probing

lowers

Who: n = 45 · 45 systemically healthy adults with chronic periodontitis, scaling and root planing in all three arms plus 0.75% boric acid irrigation, chlorhexidine irrigation or saline irrigation; whole-mouth value at 1 month only
Dose studied: 0.75% boric acid subgingival irrigation

Very limited evidencePMID 23121460 · 2013

02 · The study

Study: RCT
Participants: 45
Duration: 4 weeks

Evidence, by strength

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03 · The paper

Journal of periodontology

Boric acid irrigation as an adjunct to mechanical periodontal therapy in patients with chronic periodontitis: a randomized clinical trial.

2013PMID 23121460doi 10.1902/jop.2012.120467

What else it reported1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6WNTQAM0AG9MDP4RQD9JWA3