Clinical outcomes of quadrant root planing versus full-mouth root planing.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the clinical effects of full mouth compared with quadrant wise scaling and root planing.


METHODS
Twenty patients with chronic periodontitis (> or = 2 teeth per quadrant with probing pocket depths (PPD) > or = 5 mm and bleeding on probing (BOP) were randomized into a test group treated in two sessions with subgingival scaling and root planing within 24 h (full-mouth root planing (FMRP)) and a control group treated quadrant by quadrant in four sessions in intervals of 1 week (quadrant root planing (QRP)). PPD, relative attachment level (RAL) and BOP were recorded at baseline, 3 and 6 months.


RESULTS
Analysing first quadrant data, in moderately deep pockets (5 mm < or = PPD < 7 mm) there was no evidence for a difference (FMRP-QRP) between both groups for PPD reduction (mean: -0.128 mm; CI: [-0.949, 0.693]; p=0.747), RAL gain (mean: 0.118 mm; CI: [-0.763, 1.000]; p=0.781), and BOP reduction (mean: -20.1%; CI: [-44.3, 4.2]; p=0.099). Likewise, no significant differences between treatments were found for initially deep pockets (PPD > or = 7 mm), neither for first quadrant nor for whole mouth data.


CONCLUSIONS
The results of the present study demonstrated equally favourable clinical results following both treatment modalities.
Department of Periodontology, Operative and Preventive Dentistry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. storm@uni-bonn.de
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D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000628:therapy; D012534:Dental Scaling / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005884:Gingival Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017622:Periodontal Attachment Loss / Q000628:therapy; D010514:Periodontal Pocket / Q000628:therapy; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000628:therapy; D016745:Root Planing / Q000379:methods*; D012907:Smoking; D016896:Treatment Outcome