title: Preliminary results from the vector therapy in patients with chronic adult periodontitis.
abstract: Complete removal of the dental plaque, dental calculus, granulation tissue and necrotic cement from periodontal pockets is of paramount importance for the proper functioning of the regeneration process in the affected periodontium. The purpose of the current study was to obtain preliminary results of the administered vector therapy in patients with chronic periodontitis. Ten patients with 124 multiple-root and 120 single-root teeth were studied; 600 and 480 root surfaces, respectively, were treated. At each appointment we evaluated the oral hygiene of the patient, the presence of plaque-retention zones, bleeding, suppuration, recession, mobility, the probing depth, the quantity and pH of the crevicular liquid, presence of hyperesthesia. After the initial treatment of the root surfaces abrupt improvement of the clinical condition was observed. One month after the therapy there was reduction of the probing depth and the mobility of teeth, less plaque and less bleeding, decreased retention indices, as well as decrease in the crevicular liquid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Therapeutic Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Higher Medical Institute, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Vladimirov
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Firkova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001641:Bicuspid; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003481:Cuspid; D003728:Dental Calculus / Q000517:prevention & control; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor; D008963:Molar; D018579:Patient Selection; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000628:therapy*