EC Dental Science

Gingivitis is the most common infectious and inflammatory disease of the gingiva and can result in periodontitis if not treated on time. Non-surgical therapy in periodontics is the essential cornerstone therapy to resolve gingival inflammation and somehow to prevent the progression from gingivitis to periodontitis. Nonsurgical therapy includes scaling, root planning, and curettage. After scaling and root planning, curettage is needed, if the inflammation persists as the periodontal surgery is contraindicated in case of inflamed gingiva. Present case report is on a 42 years male patient who reported to the department of Periodontology with the chief complaint of swollen and bleeding gingiva of the canine region. This case was managed non surgically by a combination of scaling, root planning and curettage which resulted in the resolution of gingival inflammation and the restoration of the normal characteristic clinical features of gingiva.

 Keywords: Gingivitis; Curettage; Granulation Tissue; Canine

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