Effects of Bifidobacterium probiotic on the treatment of chronic periodontitis: A randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial evaluated the effect of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis (B. lactis) HN019-containing probiotic lozenges as adjuvant to scaling and root planing (SRP) in patients with generalized chronic periodontitis.

Materials and methods

Forty-one chronic periodontitis patients were recruited and monitored clinically, immunologically, and microbiologically at baseline (before SRP) and 30 and 90 days after SRP. All patients were randomly assigned to a Test (SRP + Probiotic, n = 20) or Control (SRP + Placebo, n = 21) group. The probiotic lozenges were used twice a day for 30 days. The data were statistically analysed.

Results

The Test group presented a decrease in probing pocket depth and a clinical attachment gain signific

SUBMITTER: Invernici MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6221043 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature