Abstract
•No additional benefit is observed in the improvement of clinical periodontal parameters with PDT.•PDT does not affect the serum HbA1c in diabetic patients.•Minor reduction in the levels of AGEs in the GCF was observed with PDT in the short term.
To evaluate the clinical periodontal, serum glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) and levels of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) in the gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) among patients with periodontitis and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) after photodynamic therapy (PDT) as an adjunct to full-mouth disinfection (FMD).
Thirty type 2 DM patients with mild to moderate periodontitis were divided into two main groups: Group-A receiving adjunctive PDT with FMD and Group-B receiving FMD alone. Full-mouth plaque index (PI), bleeding on probing (BOP), probing depth (PD), attachment level (AL) were recorded. Serum HbA1c was assessed among all participants using a HbA1c analyser kit. Levels of AGEs in GCF were determined using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Clinical periodontal and metabolic parameters were assessed at baseline, 3 months and 6 months. Differences were compared using the Friedman test within the groups for different time points. Kruskal-Wallis test with Bonferroni correction test was applied for intragroup and multiple comparisons, respectively.
All the clinical periodontal parameters showed significant reduction from baseline to 3 months (P < 0.05) and 6 months follow-up in both the groups (P < 0.01). Only PD showed statistically significant difference from baseline to 3 months in Group-A (P < 0.01). Mean percentage of HbA1c remained constant throughout the study period in both the groups. Mean level of AGEs significantly reduced in both the groups at all time-points. Mean AGEs level reduced slightly higher in Group-A compared to Group-B at 3 months follow-up. However, this difference was not statistically significant (P > 0.05).
No additional benefit was seen in the improvement of clinical periodontal parameters and systemic (HbA1c levels) outcomes with PDT except that a minor reduction in the levels of AGEs in the GCF was observed with PDT in the short term.