Background: Periodontal diseases are one of the most common chronic diseases affecting the oral cavity. There are various treatment modalities available for the treatment of periodontitis. Herbal agents have gained much attention as an adjunct treatment modality because of its minimal side effects.
Aim: To assess the efficacy of Aloe vera gel as an adjunct to scaling and root
planing (SRP) in the management of chronic periodontitis.
Materials and Methods: 20 chronic periodontitis patients with pocket depth of
4-5 mm bilaterally were chosen and in one site only SRP alone was performed and
on the other site SRP was combined with the use of Aloe vera gel. Clinical
parameters used in this study were probing pocket depth, gingival index and
plaque index. The parameters were recorded at baseline & after 3 weeks.
Results: There was a reduction in the mean probing pocket depth from 5 mm to
4.213 mm in case of scaling and root planing alone and a drastic reduction from
5 mm to 2.488 mm in the site where Aloe vera gel was used as an adjunct to SRP.
We observed a reduction in the mean gingival index from 2.58 mm to 1.375 mm for
scaling and root planing alone and a significant reduction from 2.50 mm to 0.55
mm in the site where Aloe vera gel was used as an adjunct to SRP. There was no statistically significant
reduction in plaque index values between SRP alone and SRP combined with Aloe
vera gel as an adjunct.
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