Irrigación subgingival com clorhexidina en terapia periodontal no quirúrgica

• Autor(a) principal: Rösing, Cassiano Kuchenbecker
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Outros Autores: Toledo, Benedicto Egbert Correa de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: spa
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFRGS
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10183/37302
• topic: Clorexidina; Placa dentaria : Prevencao e controle; Periodontia : Doencas : Tratamento; chlorhexidine; periodontal therapy; chemical plaque control; clorhexidina; terapia periodontal; control químico de la placa

The present study had as objective to evaluate the clinical effect of professional subgingival irrigation with chlorhexidine as adjunct to scaling and root planning procedures. The study was developed in 17 patients with 5 periodontal pockets 6 or more millimeters depth and similar, which were divided in 4 groups: only subgingival scaling and root planning, scaling and root planning plus subsequent irrigation with saline, scaling and root planning and subsequent irrigation with chlorhexidine 0.12% and irrigation with chlorhexidine 0.12% previous to scaling and root planning. The clinical parameters evaluated were Plaque Index, Gingival Index, Probing Depth, Level of Attachment, Bleeding and Suppuration upon probing of the bottom of the pocket. The analysis was done at the beginning of the study and 60 days after the clinical procedures. The results demonstrate improvement in all parameters of all experimental groups, statistically similar, with exception of Bleeding on Probing of the bottom of the pocket that showed better results to the irrigated groups in relation to the group that was only mechanically instrumented. Thus, it was concluded that irrigation as an adjunct, either with chlorhexidine or with saline solution, provides better repair of non-surgical periodontal therapy procedures.