Purpose: To evaluate the clinical effects of periodontal therapy for combined periodontal-pulpal lesions.
Methods: One hundred and nine patients with periodontal-pulpal lesions were included in this study, with total 120 teeth. All the teeth were treated by perfect root canal therapy, and than divided into group A and B. Group A was treated with periodontal therapy (60 teeth). After 2 weeks of root canal therapy, basic periodontal therapy was performed. After 6 weeks, patients with more than 5 mm periodontal pockets and bleeding after probe were treated with valvuloplasty. Group B underwent non-periodontal treatment (60 teeth), root canal therapy and supragingival scaling alone. The patients were followed up for 3, 6, 12 and 24 months after operation. SPSS 22.0 software package was used to analyze the indexes at initial diagnosis and 24 months after operation.
Results: In group A, the depth of periodontal pockets was significantly reduced before and after PD, from(5.966±1.877) mm to(5.133±1.935) mm. The periodontal pocket depth of group B was significantly increased before and after operation, from(5.533±1.856) mm to (6.167±1.927) mm. The degree of tooth mobility (TM) before operation was similar between the two groups (P>0.05). Two years after operation, the degree of TM in group A was significantly lower than that in group B (P<0.05). There was no significant change in alveolar bone resorption before and after operation in group A (P>0.05). The alveolar bone resorption in group B changed significantly before and after operation (P<0.05).
Conclusions: Root canal therapy combined with periodontal therapy for combined periodontal-pulpal lesions can achieve good results. It can be widely used in clinic.