IgY Efficacy on Periodontitis Patients

Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2014
Patients visiting National Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology for treating periodontitis used a food supplement (lozenge) containing chicken egg antibody (IgY) against Porphyromonas gingivalis gingipains as an adjunct to conventional scaling and root planing (SRP). After 8 weeks the patients were examined against. Parameters including probing depth (PD), bleeding on probing (BOP), number of P. gingivalis in periodontal pockets were evaluated and compared to the control group that had used placebo lozenges.
Epistemonikos ID: fc22307296a4365c670257be7d3ed98b7a2e47a9
First added on: May 12, 2024