1Department of Periodontology, Sree Balaji Dental College & Hospital, BIHER, Chennai
2Professor, Department of Periodontology, Sree Balaji Dental College & Hospital, BIHER, Chennai
3Post Graduate Student, Department of Periodontology, Sree Balaji Dental College & Hospital, BIHER, Chennai
4Professor & Head, Department of Periodontology, Sree Balaji Dental College & Hospital, BIHER, Chennai
5Reader, Department of Periodontology, Sree Balaji Dental College & Hospital, BIHER, Chennai
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Nithya Anand, MDS Professor Department of Periodontology, Sree Balaji Dental College & Hospital Pbone: +91 9840465717, Email: nitan10@gmail.com
Online published on 27 March, 2020.
The Anaemia of chronic disease (ACD) is a prevalent, poorly understood condition that afflicts patients with a wide variety of diseases, including infections, malignancies and rheumatologic disorders.
40 patients 20–65 years of age with chronic periodontitis were assessed before and after periodontal therapy for Hb, ESR, Erythrocyte count, MCV, MCH, MCHC and PROHEPCIDIN (ELISA).
A significant (p<.000) increase in RBC (4.581) and Hb (12.77) values were estimated after SRP compared to baseline. Prohepcidin levels decreased insignificantly after SRP. Tailed t test results shows significant correlation at the 0.01 level between RBC parameters but no significance between probing depth or prohepcidin values with RBC parameters.
The results conclude that reduction in periodontal inflammation by scaling and root planning improves RBC count and hemoglobin level significantly Prohepcidin levels decreases with periodontal treatment but rather insignificantly.
Chronic periodontitis, Prohepcidin, Scaling and root planning
