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Study aim
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To determine the effectiveness of using atorvastatin 2% toothpaste with vitamin C as a supplement in the non surgical periodontal treatment of chronic periodontitis patients
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Design
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In this double-blind study, 72 patients with moderate to severe chronic periodontitis referring to periodontics department of Shahid Sadoughi Dental School of Yazd will be selected and after coding will be randomly divided into four intervention and control groups.
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Settings and conduct
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Initially, the levels of Modified Gingival Index (MGI), Bleeding on probing (BOP),Clinical Attachment Loss(CAL) and Probing Depth(PD) will be recorded for patients and after non-surgical periodontal treatment and receiving toothpaste and oral vitamin C in intervention groups for 4 weeks, patients will be recalled and the levels of PD, CAL, MGI and BOP will be re-evaluated.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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inclusion criteria are the age between 30 to 60 years and the moderate to severe chronic periodontitis. exclusion criteria includes pregnancy, breast feeding, smoking, using immunosuppressive medications and NSAIDs and antibiotics and vitamin supplements and mouthwash, Autoimmune diseases, uncontrolled diabetes and Hyperlipidemia disease.
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Intervention groups
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non-surgical periodontal treatment will be done for all the patients and The control group will use 0.2% flouride toothpaste as an adjunct treatment, Group II: as an adjunct treatment, use toothpaste containing 0.2% fluoride and atorvastatin 2%.Group III: as an adjunct treatment, using 0.2% flouride toothpaste along with chewable tablets 250 mg of vitamin C. Group IV: as an adjunct treatment use toothpaste containing 0.2% fluoride and atorvastatin 2% with chewable tablets 250 mg of vitamin C.
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Main outcome variables
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Clinical variables are Probing depth, clinical attachment loss, , bleeding on probing and Modified gingival index