1Professor and Head, Department of Periodontology, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Amritsar, Punjab, India
2Post Graduate Student, Department of Periodontology, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Amritsar, Punjab, India
3Associate Professor, Department of Periodontology, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Amritsar, Punjab, India
4Professor, Department of Periodontology, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Amritsar, Punjab, India
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Vidhuta Sareen, Post Graduate Student, Department of Periodontology, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Amritsar, Punjab, India, Email: drvidhutasareen@gmail.com
Online published on 15 September, 2022.
Mesotherapy is a minimally invasive procedure which involves local intradermal therapy (LIT) with biologically active substances like Vitamin C (an antioxidant) given in minor quantities to the area of pathology.
The aim of the study was to investigate the role and efficiency of locally injected Vitamin C as an adjunct in the non-surgical treatment of persistent gingival inflammation.
This study included two groups (test and control) each with ten patients which underwent scaling and root plaining and only ten patients with persistent chronic gingival inflammation were injected with Vitamin-C. Intraepidermal injection with 1 ml (250 mg concentration) vitamin C was injected in keratinized gingival tissues using insulin syringes after the completion of phase I therapy. Patients were evaluated after one week for resolution of gingival inflammation.
Results were statistically significantly better in test group as compared to the control group.
Anti-inflammatory agents, Inflammation, Mesotherapy, Periodontal therapy, Vitamin C
