AUTHOR(S): Dr. Reyaz Ahmad Mir, Dr. Syed Saima, Dr. Gazanfer Ali Shah and Dr. Beanish Bashir

ABSTRACT:Periodontitis is a chronic inflimatory disease caused by infection to gingival leading to damage to the supporting structure like alveolar bone, periodontal ligament and cementum. Periodontitis has been associated with many systemic diseases like diabetes militus, arthritis etc. ultrasonic scaling has been show to reduce levels of inflammation and the levels of acute phase proteins like CRP.

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