Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Suppression of pathogenic microflora is of utmost importance for maintenance of periodontal health. Scaling and root planing though considered as the gold standard for the eradication of the same has its own limitation when used alone. Thus the main aim of our study was to compare and assess the clinical effectiveness of two different treatment options (diodes and chlorhexidene chips) when used in conjugation with scaling and root planning in chronic periodontitis patients. Material and methodology: 45 sites in 15 random patients were selected on the basis of inclusion criteria from the subjects visiting the department of Periodontology. These sites were randomly divided into three groups on the basis of the procedure done. In group A 15 sites were included where only scaling and root planning was done, in group B with 15 sites scaling and root planing along was chlorohexidene chip placement was don and in group C with 15 sites scaling and root planning was followed by diode laser lasing. Periodontal parameters including gingival index, bleeding index, probing depth and clinical attachment level were assessed at baseline, after 1 month and 3 months of the study. Results: the values obtained from the baseline and follow up time period were recorded and statistically analyzed. The categorical parameters were assessed using mean, frequencies, percentages and standard deviation while the descriptive inter and intra group comparison was done using repeated ANOVA along with Post Hoc Tukey test with p of less than 0.05 as statistically significant. Chlorhexidene chips (Group B) when used in conjugation with scaling and root planing showed greater improvements in all the clinical parameters with statistically significant results when compared with Group A and Group C. Conclusion: within the limitations it can be concluded that chlorhexidene chip is the safest and most effective drug with greater promise for treatment and as maintenance therapy in patients with peridontitis.