Efficacy of quercetin gelas an adjunct to scaling and root planing in chronic periodontitis patients: a clinico-microbiological study

Aim: To evaluate effect of quercetin gel delivered subgingivally as an adjunct to scaling and root planing in treatment of chronic periodontitis.
Material and Methods: 30 patients with chronic periodontitis were selected and randomly divided into 3 groups. After scaling and root planing as an adjunct, group A and group B were delivered with quercetin and chlorhexidine gel respectively subgingivally while group C was SRP alone. Clinical parameters recorded were Plaque Index, Gingival Index, Probing Pocket Depth and Clinical Attachment Loss and for microbiological evaluation, colony forming units were counted. All the parameters were evaluated at baseline and after one month.
Results and Conclusion: The study showed that quercetin gel as an adjunct to scaling and root planing showed significant improvement in both clinical and microbiological parameters.