title: [Efficacy of scaling and root planing in the treatment of periodontal pockets].
abstract: Our study, who's aim was to evaluate the efficacy of scaling in pocket's treatment, has been realised on 78 sites, selected on 12 patients who presented a periodontitis. The results shown an improvement of the gingival status and a decrease of pocket's depth on 84.61% of treated sites; this results indicate that scaling and root planning procedure, well realised, is an efficient and useful method in periodontal treatments.
authors.affiliation: Département de Parodontologie, UFR d'Odonto-Stomatologie-BP 612 Abidjan 22 Côte d'Ivoire.
authors.forename: N T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Coulibaly
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kone
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kamagate
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brou
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003774:Dental Plaque Index; D012534:Dental Scaling; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009911:Oral Hygiene Index; D010512:Periodontal Index; D010514:Periodontal Pocket / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Etude de l'efficacité du curetage parodontal dans le traitement des poches.