Non-surgical periodontal management in scleroderma disease patients
Laforgia, A.; Corsalini, M.; Stefanachi, G.; Tafuri, S.; Ballini, A.; Pettini, F.; Di Venere, D.
Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents 30(3): 847-851
2016
ISSN/ISBN: 0393-974X PMID: 27655509 Document Number: 690508
The aim of the present study is to investigate the periodontal status of people with scleroderma and their response to non-surgical treatment protocol aimed at controlling the evolution of the disease. The response to non-surgical periodontal treatment was tested on patients belonging to a scleroderma group and a control group: the data show an improvement of the periodontal conditions of all these patients in response to treatment. When compared on the same diagram, a slight remission of the periodontal disease was obtained in both scleroderma and healthy patients. This highlights the benefit to soft tissues produced by non-surgical periodontal treatment also in patients affected by systemic diseases.