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Vishal Anand1, Vivek Govila2, Minkle Gulati3
1Senior Resident, Department of Periodontics, Faculty of Dental Sciences, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Aim:
To evaluate the efficacy of chlorhexidine-thymol varnish (Cervitec Plus(®)) as an adjunct to scaling and root planing in the improvement of periodontal parameters.
Material And Methods:
A split mouth randomized clinical trial was conducted in 25 subjects with chronic periodontitis receiving scaling and root planing alone and as an adjunct to chlorhexidine-thymol varnish (Cervitec Plus(®)) and chlorhexidine-thymol varnish (Cervitec Plus(®)) alone. Clinical examinations were performed at baseline, 1 month and 3 months.
Results:
Short term advantages were observed in the clinical parameters in subjects receiving scaling and root planing and an adjunct, chlorhexidine-thymol varnish (Cervitec Plus(®)) who showed the greatest improvement in the periodontal parameters at 3 months.
Conclusion:
Subjects with chronic periodontitis significantly benefit from scaling and root planing when used with an adjunct, chlorhexidine-thymol varnish (Cervitec Plus(®)).
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