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Oral health impacts on daily living related to four different treatment protocols for chronic periodontitis . BACKGROUND The aims of this study were to evaluate the oral health impacts perceived by patients submitted to different treatments of chronic periodontitis and their association with clinical parameters . METHODS Sixty patients were assigned to one of the following therapeutic groups : control , treated with full-mouth scaling and root planing ( SRP ) ; test 1 , treated with SRP and 400 mg systemically administered metronidazole ( MET ) three times per day for 10 days ; test 2 , treated with SRP and professional supragingival plaque removal ( PP ) every week for 3 months ; and test 3 , treated with SRP and MET plus PP . Clinical periodontal measurements and data regarding patients ' oral health impacts ( perceived impacts on bleeding gums , gingival recession , sensitivity to cold , packing foods , aesthetics , bad breath , and tooth mobility ) were collected at baseline and 3 months after therapy . RESULTS All groups presented significant improvement in oral health perceived impacts . There was no statistically significant difference in the improvement of oral health impacts among groups subjected to different treatments . The clinical data of percentage of deep probing depth , deep clinical attachment level , and bleeding on probing were found to be correlated significantly with oral health impacts . CONCLUSIONS Periodontal treatment leads to a significant reduction of self-perceived impacts regardless of the non-surgical treatment protocol employed . Most of the clinical data were associated with oral health impacts .
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Intervention_Surgical
full-mouth scaling and root planing ( SRP )
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Intervention_Pharmacological
metronidazole
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Intervention_Surgical
SRP
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Intervention_Surgical
supragingival plaque removal ( PP )
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Intervention_Surgical
SRP
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Intervention_Surgical
PP
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Intervention_Control
Periodontal treatment
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Outcome_Physical
oral health impacts ( perceived impacts on bleeding gums , gingival recession , sensitivity to cold , packing foods , aesthetics , bad breath , and tooth mobility )
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Outcome_Physical
oral health perceived impacts .
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Outcome_Physical
oral health impacts
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Outcome_Physical
deep probing depth , deep clinical attachment level , and bleeding on probing
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Outcome_Physical
self-perceived impacts
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Participant_Condition
chronic periodontitis
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Participant_Condition
chronic periodontitis
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Participant_Sample-size
Sixty