Oumaima Fahim¹, Marouane El machrouhi^2,, Bouchra El houari², Jamila Kissa²

Periodontitis is a globally prevalent public health issue, ranking as the sixth most common disease worldwide, with severe forms affecting a significant portion of the global adult population. This multifactorial disease results from an imbalance between host defenses and pathogens, potentially leading to tooth loss if untreated. Conventional periodontal treatment, primarily scaling and root planing (SRP), remains the standard approach. However, advancements in periodontal therapy have led to various strategies aimed at improving traditional treatment outcomes and avoiding surgical interventions. The aim of this review is to search for relevant articles which evaluate these therapeutic modalities and discuss their efficacy. The databases of PubMed, Scopus, and EBSCO were used for the literature search. The results and conclusions found are discussed in this paper. Although new therapeutic strategies have shown promise in enhancing SRP outcomes, none have proven significantly more effective than SRP alone. High-quality, long-term studies with larger sample sizes and standardized protocols are needed to better understand the efficacy and clinical relevance of these new methods.

periodontitis, nonsurgical periodontal debridement, conventional periodontal treatment, subgingival debridement, scaling and root planing