Efficacy of scaling and root planing in the treatment of periodontal pockets

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...

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Published in:	Odonto-stomatologie tropicale Vol. 25; no. 97; p. 17
Main Authors:	Coulibaly, N T, Kone, D, Kamagate, A, Yao, A I, Brou, E
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	French
Published:	Senegal 01-03-2002
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Dental Plaque Index Dental Scaling Female Humans Male Oral Hygiene Index Periodontal Index Periodontal Pocket - therapy Treatment Outcome
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Summary:	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.
ISSN:	0251-172X