Vector System in Periodointitis Therapy

Overview

The author deals with system Vector use in a periodontitis therapy. The authorcharacterizes Vector to be a system utilizing ultrasound energy in a very careful and effectiveway. Up to 70 patients aged from 40 to 60 years, who suffered from periodontitis that had notbeen treated so far, without serious systemic diseases in personal history and with a comparableoral hygiene level, were engaged in the clinical study. The patients were randomly divided intotwo groups of 35 persons each. The first group was treated with a Vector System, the secondwith hand instruments (special curettes). A tooth with the worst periodontal status from eachsextant was chosen to be observed during the study. In each patient,PBI and periodontal status(periodontal pockets, looseness of teeth, furcations, gingival recesses, attachment level) waschecked before the treatment and at each recall. The first recall was conducted from eight toten weeks after the treatment, the next recalls followed after every 3 months until two yearsafter the first treatment. Up to 27 patients treated with Vector System and 23 patients treatedwith hand instruments were still present in the observed group at the end of the study. Whencompared, no significant differences between the two groups were found. In the patients whodropped out of the observed group, the cause thereof was analyzed.

Key words:
Vector – periodontitis – ultrasound – conservative treatment of periodontopathies– periodontal pockets