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Boric acid irrigation as an adjunct to mechanical periodontal therapy in patients with chronic periodontitis: a randomized clinical trial.
What moved
1 findingHow to read these marks →- Decreases bleeding on probing
very limited
“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).”
- Study
- RCT
- Participants
- 45
- Duration
- 4 weeks
- Dose studied
- 0.75% boric acid subgingival irrigation
- Population
- 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
Study record
- Design
- randomised controlled trial
- Species
- human
- Population
- systemically healthy patients with chronic periodontitis
- Participants
- 45
- Comparator
- an active treatment / placebo
- Duration
- 91 days
- Endpoints measured
- 13