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Sahrmann P
Sahrmann P
Switzerland
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Review Article
Improving Scaling And Root Planing Over The Past 40 Years: A Meta-Analysis
Author(s): Zaugg B, Sahrmann P, Roos M, Attin T and Schmidlin PRZaugg B, Sahrmann P, Roos M, Attin T and Schmidlin PR
Aim: To screen whether or not classical non-surgical periodontal therapy improved over the last four decades and how adjunctive local or systemic measures influenced its clinical outcome. Methodology: Starting from the year 1970, the entire annual sets of publications of every 5th year of the “Journal of Clinical Periodontology” and the “Journal of Periodontology” were hand searched for articles dealing with nonsurgical periodontal therapy, i.e. scaling and root planing either alone (SRP) or in combination with adjunctive local (SRPloc) or systemic (SRPsyst) treatment. Mean pocket reduction was computed for each of the three treatment modalities. Where applicable, a meta-analysis and a meta-regression as well as linear regression were performed. Results: A total of 52 articles wer.. View More»
DOI: 10.4172/2161-1122.1000205