Efficacy of Ozone Oil in treating Chronic Periodontitis as an Adjunct to Scaling and Root Planing as compared to Scaling and Root Planing alone.

Introduction: Ozone is a colourless gas form of oxygen and is present in the atmosphere. It effectively kills bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites at a lower concentration. It is a powerful oxidizer. Ozone has been proposed as an alternative oral antiseptic in dentistry. There are many known actions of ozone on human body such as immunostimulating, analgesic, antihypoxic, detoxicating and antimicrobial properties. Because of these Antibacterial, Antiinflammatory and Healing promoting factors of Ozone, it was conceptualized to be used in a dissolved form as Ozonated Olive Oil to treat patients suffering from Chronic Periodontitis. Aim: • To compare the clinical efficacy of local delivery of ozone oil as an adjunct to scaling and root planing versus scaling and root planing alone in the treatment of chronic periodontitis. Study Design: • The study was a split mouth study (Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial). In each recruited patient, teeth with probing pocket depth of 5mm to 7mm was allotted to either: 1. Group A - 15 Test sites (Treated with scaling and root planing + ozonated oil) 2. Group B - 15 Control sites (Treated with scaling and root planing only). Results: Results were compiled and data analysed using SPSS software. Conclusion: This study helped evaluate the efficacy of ozonated olive oil as an adjunct (locally delivered drug) for non surgical treatment of Chronic periodontitis. Ozonated olive oil is effective and would add as a treatment medicament in our already expanding arsenal of locally delivered agents used for combating Chronic Periodontits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]