Comparison of dental pulp periodontal therapy and conventional simple periodontal therapy as treatment modalities for severe periodontitis

Table 1 Comparison of therapeutic effects between the two groups, n (%)

Group	n	Significantly effective	Effective	Ineffective	Total efficiency
Research	43	26 (60.47)	14 (32.56)	3 (6.98)	40 (93.02)
Control	43	17 (39.53)	16 (37.21)	10 (23.26)	33 (76.74)
χ2					4.441
P value					0.035

Table 2 Comparison of periodontal status between the two groups before and after treatment (mean ± SD)

Group	n	PLI	MD (mm)	SBI	PPD (mm)
Before treatment
Research	42	7.88 ± 0.68	3.39 ± 0.39	6.45 ± 0.65	5.39 ± 0.63
Control	42	8.01 ± 0.73	3.45 ± 0.37	6.68 ± 0.61	5.54 ± 0.70
t		0.951	0.797	1.843	1.137
P value		0.344	0.427	0.068	0.258
After treatment
Research	42	4.71 ± 0.16	0.61 ± 0.09	0.96 ± 0.17	0.76 ± 0.26
Control	42	5.35 ± 0.24	0.93 ± 0.15	1.35 ± 0.30	1.04 ± 0.41
t		15.845	13.064	8.077	4.119
P value		0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

PLI: Plaque index; MD: Mobility; SBI: Sulcus bleeding index; PPD: Pocket probing depth.

Table 3 Comparison of inflammatory factors in gingival crevicular fluid between the two groups before and after treatment (mean ± SD)

Group	n	IL-1β (pg/mL)	IL-10 (ug/L)
Before treatment
Research	42	212.59 ± 19.45	2.83 ± 0.69
Control	42	209.01 ± 22.31	2.77 ± 0.72
t		0.864	0.430
P value		0.390	0.668
After treatment
Research	42	139.04 ± 15.54	7.98 ± 1.01
Control	42	156.35 ± 18.10	5.56 ± 0.96
t		5.182	12.403
P value		0.000	0.000

IL: Interleukin.

Table 4 Comparison of the incidence of complications between the two groups, n (%)

Group	n	Poor healing	Periodontal infection	Dental pulp infection	Total incidence rate
Research	43	1 (2.33)	1 (2.33)	0 (0.00)	2 (4.65)
Control	43	3 (6.98)	2 (4.65)	3 (6.98)	8 (18.60)
χ2					4.074
P value					0.044