Effects of Non-Surgical Periodontal Treatment on Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha Serum Level in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Periodontitis Kzar Wael A.1,*, Mahmood B Maha Sh.1 1Department of Periodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Baghdad, Iraq *Corresponding author: Wael A. Kzar, E-mail: wgzar2@gmail.com
Online published on 4 June, 2019. Abstract Regarding the clinical periodontal parameters, PLI and GI at the baseline were highest in CP group followed by CPDM group then the control group, while PPD and RAL were highest in CPDM group followed by CP. Highly significant differences were found between CPDM and CP groups except for GI which showed nonsignificant differences. TNF-α level at the baseline were highest in CPDM group followed by CP group then the control group. After treatment, results revealed a reduction in all of the clinical periodontal parameters and TNF-α level for both CPDM and CP groups. The correlation between the clinical periodontal parameters and TNF-α level showed almost a non-significant week positive correlation Top Keywords Periodontitis, type 2 diabetes mellitus, , tumor necrosis factor-alpha, nonsurgical periodontal therapy. Top |