Mobile health: Instructions for brushing twice daily and using interdental cleaning aids via regular mobile phone messages will be sent atleast twice a week.
Phase I Therapy: Instructions for brushing twice daily and using interdental cleaning aids during appointment only.
Study summary
Oral health education, behavioral therapy and counselling to improve home care in pregnant females along with periodontal therapy can be helpful in treating pregnancy associated gingivitis and pregnancy outcomes
Eligibility
Sex
FEMALE
Min age
18 Years
Max age
35 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Systemically Healthy pregnant women of age 18-35 years
2. 8-24 weeks of Gestation
3. Generalized gingivitis (BOP score \>30%s, without attachment loss and radiographic bone loss, PPD≤3mm)
4. Access to mobile phone
5. At least 20 natural teeth present
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Presence of systemic diseases that could influence the outcome of periodontal therapy (Diabetes mellitus, Hypertension)
2. Smoking/alcohol consumption
3. Patient currently on any antibiotic therapy
4. Risk for Preterm Birth (Delivery \< 37 weeks of gestation)
5. History of periodontal treatment in the last 6 months
6. Physically and mentally impaired patients
Primary outcome measure(s)
Changes in the Plaque Index will be measured at baseline, 1 month follow up and at 3 month follow up. — 3 months Plaque Index as follows will be used for assessment of Plaque :- SCORE 0 : No Plaque SCORE 1: A film of plaque adhering to free gingival margin and adjacent area of the tooth recognized by running a probe SCORE 2 : Moderate accumulation of soft deposits within the gingival pockets or the tooth and gingival margin, which can be seen with naked eyes SCORE 3: Abundance of soft tissue matter on tooth surface and /or gingival margin
Changes in the Gingival Index will be measured at baseline, 1 month follow up and at 3 month follow up — 3 months Gingival Index by as follows will be used to assess severity of gingival inflammation:-
SCORE 0 : Absence of inflammation SCORE 1: Mild inflammation SCORE 2 : Moderate inflammation SCORE 3: Severe inflammation
Changes in the Bleeding on Probing will be measured at baseline, 1 month follow up and at 3 month follow up — 3 months It will be measured by walking the periodontal probe at six sites of each tooth, it will be recorded as :
1- present , if it occurred within 15 seconds of probing 0- absent , if no bleeding occurred It will be calculated in %. After adding all the scores , total score will be divided by the total no. of surfaces assessed and multiplied by 100.
It will be reported as % sites with bleeding on probing.
Trial sites (1)
Facility
City
Region
Status
PGIDS
Rohtak
Haryana
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