Lactobacillus plantarum L-137 and Reduced Probing Pocket Depth

• Daily Intake of Heat-killed Lactobacillus plantarum L-137 Decreases the Probing Depth in Patients Undergoing Supportive Periodontal Therapy.

  • 2016-01-01
  • RCT · n = 17
  • Oral health & preventive dentistry 14(3)
  • • Kazuto Iwasaki
    • Kenta Maeda
    • Kouki Hidaka
    • Kenji Nemoto
    • Yoshitaka Hirose
    • Shinji Deguchi

  • PubMed: 27175447
  • DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a36099

  1 Insight on

  • Reduced Probing Pocket Depth

  • High evidence

  there was significantly greater PD reduction (p < 0.05) at teeth with site(s) with PD ≥ 4 mm at baseline in the experimental group than in the control group at week 12.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes