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• Article: Plasma levels of C-telopeptide pyridinoline cross-links of type I collagen and osteocalcin in chronic periodontitis.

  Ozgün Ozçaka, Ayşe Nalbantsoy, Nurgün Bıçakçı, Timur Köse, Nurcan Buduneli
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  ABSTRACT: This study was planned to investigate whether chronic periodontitis patients exhibit different plasma concentrations of C-telopeptide pyridinoline cross-links of type I collagen (ICTP) and osteocalcin (OC) compared to the clinically healthy controls. Before initiation of any periodontal intervention, plasma samples and full-mouth clinical periodontal recordings were obtained from 58 otherwise healthy patients with chronic periodontitis and also from 47 systemically and periodontally healthy control subjects. Plasma ICTP levels were determined by radioimmunoassay and OC levels by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Data were tested statistically using t test and ANOVA. The healthy control group exhibited significantly lower values in all clinical periodontal measurements (P < 0.001). There were no significant differences between the study groups in plasma ICTP and OC levels (P > 0.05). Within the limits of this study, it may be suggested that plasma levels of ICTP and OC may not provide distinguishing data between chronic periodontitis patients and clinically healthy subjects.
  Inflammation 06/2011; 34(3):203-8. · 1.75 Impact Factor
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  Article: Effect of the menstrual cycle on pain experience associated with periodontal therapy

  Özgün Özçaka, Nurgün Bıçakçı, Timur Köse
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  ABSTRACT: Objectives: The aim of this pilot cross-over study was to compare preliminarily the pain perception of female patients undergoing periodontal debridement during menstrual or pre-menstrual phases (peri-menstrual period) with that observed during mid-menstrual phase (post-menstrual period).Materials and Methods: Twenty women with moderate-to-advanced chronic periodontitis and regular menstrual cycles were asked to complete Corah's Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS) during the first debridement visit. Patients were randomly assigned to receive their first debridement visit during either their peri-menstrual or post-menstrual period. Debridement was performed in bilateral quadrants of patients during the periods. Pain levels for each quadrant were asssessed with a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), after each debridment visit.Results: There was no significant correlation of order of treatment in the intensity of perceived pain during the periods (p<0.05). The median VAS scores were 22.0 and 15.2 mm in the peri-menstrual and the post-menstrual period, respectively. Increase in pain perception among females during their peri-menstrual period was significantly greater than their post-menstrual period (p<0.05).Conclusion: No clinical conclusions can be drawn at this stage as this pilot study did not have a sufficiently broad population to generalize these observations to all female periodontal patients. Providing clinicians with information about patients' menstrual cycle during debridement can alter the pain experience.
  Journal Of Clinical Periodontology 10/2005; 32(11):1170 - 1174. · 3.00 Impact Factor