The clinical effect of "BU SHEN JIAN GU TANG" on periodontitis in the elderly

ZHANG Jian-xia; GUO Li-hua; XIN Yue-hong; ZHANG Hong-yan; HAN Yan

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1672-2973.2018.03.008

Abstract：Objective:To evaluate the clinical effect of "BU SHEN JIAN GU TANG" combined with periodontal basic therapy on the elderly patients with moderate and severe periodontitis.Methods:Forty elderly patients with moderate and severe chronic periodontitis were randomly divided into two groups.The traditional Chinese medicine treatment group (medication group) received periodontal basic treatment and BU SHEN JIAN GU TANG for 4 weeks,while the control group only received periodontal basic treatment.Blood routine and Liver and kidney function parameters were detected and analyzed in the venous blood of all patients at baseline and four weeks after treatment.Adverse reactions were recorded.Clinical evaluation of periodontal parameters including probing depth (PD),attachment loss (AL),plaque index (PLI),bleeding index (BI) and bleeding on probing (BOP) was conducted at baseline and at 8 weeks after treatment.Results:There were no statistical significances in all periodontal parameters between two groups at baseline.Obvious clinical improvement was exhibited in all patients after treatment (P＜0.01).There were significant reductions in PD and BI in all sites and in PD and BOP％ in deep sites greater than or equal to 5mm.No kidney or liver dysfunctions and adverse reactions were revealed in herbal treatment group.Conclusions:"BU SHEN JIAN GU TANG" can alleviate periodontal tissue inflammation and bleeding and have no adverse effects in periodontitis in the elderly,so that it may have an active therapy for periodontal disease.