Effect of alum in intrapocket irrigation : pathfinder study

Abstract EN

Background : The term of alum refers to various isomorphism double sulfates composed of trivalent metals and univalent metals, especially aluminum potassium sulfate, KAl (SO4)2•12H2O, Alum as a compound has also been used to treat different oral and medical conditions in modern herbal medicine.

Using of alum as mouth wash in recent dentistry was not completely explored and only a few studies was carried out regarding this subject.

This study was carried out to find and document the proposed effectiveness of alum as an intra sulcular irrigant in combination with conventional root planning procedure.

Material and method : Fifty two patients with chronic periodontitis were randomly allocated into two groups.

The first group treated with conventional root planning procedure using periodontal curette while the second group treated with the same conventional procedure followed by continuous intrapocket irrigation with 0.015 Alum solutions.

PLI, GI & PD were measured before treatment and two weeks after.

Results : Results of this research showed a significant decrease in all study parameters in both groups with non significant differences between the two different modalities of treatment.

Conclusion : Alum solution can be a good adjunctive treatment for chronic periodontitis, but more studies needed to explore this area on short and long terms.