Title

Effect of scaling and root planing on root canal-treated teeth with periodontal pockets

Authors

Ankur Singh Rajpoot^1,*, Deepika Baghel², Varsha Choubey³, Jasleen Kaur⁴, Disha Gupta⁵, Rohit Bansal⁶ & Anukriti Kumari⁷

Affiliation

¹Department of Periodontology, RKDF Dental College and Research Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India; ²Department of Dentistry, Institute of Dental Education and Advance Studies, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India; ³Department of Periodontology, Hitkarini Dental College and Hospital, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India; ⁴Department of Dentistry, Pt. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Dental Science, Rohtak, Haryana, India; ⁵Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, SGT Dental College, Hospital & Research Institute, SGT University, Gurugram, Haryana, India; ⁶Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, PDM University, Bahadurgarh, Haryana, India; ⁷Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, School of Dental Sciences, Sharda University, Greater Noida, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Ankur Singh Rajpoot - E-mail: dr.ankur87@yahoo.com
Deepika Baghel - E-mail: bagheldeepika9@gmail.com
Varsha Choubey - E-mail: varshac3008@gmail.com
Jasleen Kaur - E-mail: kaurjas2208@gmail.com
Disha Gupta - E-mail: dishagreat@gmail.com
Rohit Bansal - E-mail: bansalrohit88@yahoo.com
Anukriti Kumari - E-mail: anukritishrma0@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received July 1, 2025; Revised July 31, 2025; Accepted July 31, 2025, Published July 31, 2025

Abstract

The effect of scaling and root planing (SRP) on the success of root canal-treated teeth with periodontal pockets is of interest. A randomized controlled trial with 100 adult patients was conducted, with one group receiving SRP and the other receiving traditional periodontal treatment. Clinical outcomes, including probing pocket depth (PPD), clinical attachment level (CAL), bleeding on probing (BOP) and tooth mobility, were assessed over six months. The SRP group showed significant improvement in all clinical parameters compared to the control group. Thus, SRP improves the long-term success of root canal-treated teeth, particularly in patients with periodontal disease.

Keywords

Clinical attachment level (CAL), probing pocket depth (PPD), root canal treatment (RCT), scaling and root planing (SRP), tooth mobility

Citation

Rajpoot et al. Bioinformation 21(7): 1952-1955 (2025)

Edited by

Ritik Kashwani

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.