Alummouth Wash as an Adjunctive Treatment in Chronic Periodontits
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https://doi.org/10.32828/mdj.v8i3.351Keywords:
Key words: Shab. Aluminum sulphate. Periodontitis. Mouth wash.Abstract
The term of (Alum) refers to various isomorphous double sulfates composed of
trivalent and univalent metals, especially aluminum potassium sulfate, KAl
(SO4)2·12H2O, Alum as a compound has been used in past to treat different oral and
medical conditions. Using of alum as a mouth wash in periodontology was not
completely explored and only a few studies were carried out regarding this subject.
This study was carried out to observe the effect of alum as an adjunctive therapy in
periodontitis.
One hundred twenty patients with chronic periodontitis were randomly allocated
into four groups. The first group treated with conventional root planing procedure
using periodontal curette. The other three groups were treated with the same
conventional procedure followed by twice a day mouth rinse with different
concentrations of Alum solutions for three weeks after root planing. Means of PLI, GI
& PD were calculated for the participants before treatment and three weeks after.
Results of this research showed a significant decrease in all study parameters in all
groups with significant differences between the two different modalities of treatment.
Alum solution can be a good adjunctive treatment for chronic periodontitis, but
more studies are needed on both short and long terms.

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