Lactobacillus reuteri and Reduced Bleeding on Probing

• Clinical and microbiological effectiveness of limosilactobacillus reuteri in supportive periodontal therapy: randomized clinical trial.

  • 2025-08-26
  • RCT
  • Clinical oral investigations 29(9)
  • • Magda Mensi
    • Eleonora Scotti
    • Silvia Marchetti
    • Annamaria Sordillo
    • Gianluca Garzetti
    • Stefano Calza
    • Mark J Buijs
    • Egija Zaura
    • Bernd W Brandt

  • PubMed: 40856866
  • DOI: 10.1007/s00784-025-06508-w

  7 Insights on

  • Reduced Bleeding on Probing

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  The test group showed a lower percentage of BOP at sites with plaque at T2 and T3.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  3 weeks of bi-daily supplementation with lozenges containing probiotic (specific CFU not stated in abstract)