Efectividad del gel de manzanilla y llantén como terapia coadyuvante en el tratamiento de la periodontitis crónica

Abstract

Chronic periodontitis is an infectious disease affecting high prevalence of periodontal tissues, causing inflammation, clinical attachment loss and bone loss, slow progression. This experimental research, described the effectiveness of chamomile and plantain gel as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of chronic periodontitis. The sample consisted of 40 patients with this pathology, served in the clinic of Periodontology, School of Dentistry at the University of Los Andes (FOULA), Merida-Venezuela, divided into two groups: experimental and control. In addition to conventional periodontal therapy (tartar removal, scaling and root planing), held for both groups, the pilot was applied gel chamomile (5%) and plantain (2%), and the gel placebo control, both gels prepared by the department of Pharmaceutical Technology of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Bioanalysis, University of Los Andes. the depth of the periodontal pocket, gingival index (GI) bleeding index (HI) and index of O'Leary in both groups, before, during and evaluated after treatment. The study lasted for five weeks, with controls every eight days. The results were statistically analyzed using the chi square test, reflecting declines in both the index values (IG, IH and O'Leary) and the depth of periodontal pockets in the experimental group. When comparing the results of both groups found that the experimental group showed greater improvement in relation to the clinical characteristics than the control group, concluding that the gel chamomile and plantain with conventional therapy provides benefits in the recovery of periodontal health allowing periodontal tissues heal in a short time.