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Abstract

PURPOSE:

The purpose of the present randomized controlled clinical study was to evaluate the short-term
outcomes of microcurrent electrical neuromuscular stimulation (MENS) as an adjunct method to
nonsurgical periodontal therapy.

METHODS:

Twenty patients with moderate to severe chronic periodontitis were recruited into the study and
randomly treated with either nonsurgical periodontal therapy followed by 5 MENS treatments
with a microcurrent device or by nonsurgical periodontal therapy alone. Periodontal parameters
were measured at baseline and 6 weeks following therapy, and included the plaque index,
bleeding on probing, probing depth, and clinical attachment level (CAL).

RESULTS:

All measured values were reduced at the time of re-evaluation. The amount of inflammation was
significantly reduced in both the test (P=0.002) and control group (P=0.015). The test group
demonstrated a significant CAL gain at 6 weeks following therapy, including non-molar
(P=0.009) and molar teeth (P=0.028). In comparison with the control group, the test group
showed statistically significant differences in the CAL on both molar (P=0.027) and non-molar
teeth (P=0.031).

CONCLUSIONS:

In conclusion, the short-term results of the study indicate that MENS could be a suitable
adjunctive method in the treatment of chronic periodontitis.

PMID:

Am J Rhinol Allergy. 2011 May-Jun;25(3):157-62. doi: 10.2500/ajra.2011.25.3633. Epub 2011 Apr 14.

Effects of microelectrical current on migration of nasal fibroblasts.

Choi H, Cho JS, Park IH, Yoon HG, Lee HM.

Source

Department of Biomedical Engineering, Brain Korea 21 Project for Biomedical Science, College of
Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract