Efficacy of Curcumin Gel Combined With Non-surgical Periodontal Therapy on Salivary Procalcitonin Level in the Treatment of Periodontitis Patients

Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of curcumin gel as an adjunct to scaling and root planing (SRP) on the salivary procalcitonin level in the treatment of periodontitis. Materials and methods: seventy patients (n=70) were selected from the Department of Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Mansoura University, sixteen patients (n=16) were excluded as eight patients (n=8) weren't met the inclusion criteria, and other eight patients were divided into (n= 4) declined to participate with (n=4) were excluded due to pregnancy and lactation. The participants fifty -four patients were classified into three groups: group I (healthy individuals), group II (SRP group), and group III (curcumin gel group). Patients in groups II and III included stage II grade A periodontitis. Patients in group II were treated with SRP only while in group III curcumin gel was applied weekly for four weeks after SRP had been completed. Clinical indices (plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI), clinical attachment level (CAL), and probing depth (PD)) and saliva samples for procalcitonin (PCT) assessment using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test were collected and measured at baseline and again after six weeks.