Comparative clinical study of the use of coralline calcium carbonate as a graft material and open flap debridement alone for treatment of human periodontal infrabony pockets

Abstract EN

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical response to coralline calcium carbonate (CalCarb) bone replacement graft material in human infrasonic periodontal pocket, and compares to open flap debridement.

Twenty two patients completed the study with clinical data collected at baseline and after 6 months post-treatment.

(14 males, 8 females; average age 42.77 ± 10.27, range 27 to 58 years) (11) patients received CalCarb grafts and(11) patients received open flap debridement(OFD) alone in randomly selected patient as part of their planned infrabony pocket defect correction surgery.

Parameters measured in this study (clinical probing, depth, gingival recession, clinical attachment level).

Statistical analysis for data with the use of a statistical software program at base line and after 6 months, the mean value of postsurgical pocket depth parameter for patients treated with CalCarb was highly significant difference higher than presurgical mean value for the same parameter, these results consist with other many studies (19-24) .

For the mean values for the reduction of pocket depth (3.76 ± 1.68) and gaining of clinical attachment level(3.5 ± 0.71) were higher in patients treated with Cal Carb, than those treated with OFD only [(3.3 ± 0.79), (2.97 ± 0.45)] respectively.

Natural coralline porous calcium carbonate appears to be a clinically useful graft material.