Efficacy of Microneedling With Vitamin C in Performing Gingival Depigmentation
ConditionGingival Pigmentation
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phasePhase 1, Phase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-50
SponsorFayoum University
About this trial
The present study will be carried to clinically evaluate the efficacy of microneedling with vitamin C in performing gingival depigmentation in comparison with conventional scalpel and diode laser.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Patients with bilateral, diffuse and symmetric physiologic gingival pigmentation in the labial maxillary or mandible gingiva.
Patients free from any systemic diseases according to criteria of Modified Cornell Medical Index. (Abramson J et al., 1966)
Periodontally healthy patient.
Patients with age between 18 and 50 years
Disqualifiers
Smokers.
Drugs intake "mainly those associated with gingival pigmentation".
Pregnant and lactating women.
Patients with thin gingival phenotype "with scalpel group".
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Vitamin C
- Microneedling
- Diode laser
- scalpal
Treatment groups
30 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groupsLocations
Sponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov