Non-surgical Periodontal Treatment and Periostin Levels

Two different studies were planned from the recruited samples. The aim of these studies was to investigate the effect of non-surgical periodontal treatment on the inflammatory markers levels in serum and gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) in patients with periodontitis.

There were two groups consisting of individuals who had periodontitis and those who were healthy, with 24 individuals in each group.

Periostin levels were assessed at baseline, at the 24th h, 48th h, 14th day 1st month, 3rd month after non-surgical periodontal treatment in serum and GCF samples by the Elisa method in the first study. In parallel, interleukin 1 (IL)-beta and fibroblast growth factor levels were measured.

Progranulin levels were assessed at baseline, at the 24th h, 48th h, 14th day 1st month, 3rd month after non-surgical periodontal treatment in serum and GCF samples by the Luminex method in the second study. In parallel, vascular endothelial growth factor, IL-1 beta, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and IL-10 levels were measured.