Mechanical Periodontal Therapy Recovered the Phagocytic Function of Monocytes in Periodontitis.
Priscilla F NaiffValéria Martins de Araújo CarneiroMaria do Carmo Machado GuimarãesAna Cristina B BezerraMariangela S OliveiraShirley C P CoutoÉrica Alessandra Rocha AlvesSelma Aparecida Souza KuckelhausMaria Imaculada Muniz-JunqueiraPublished in: International journal of dentistry (2020)
The results suggest that periodontal therapy in patients with severe periodontitis provides a state of homeostasis due to the reestablishment of phagocytic function and increased production of NBT (Regional Registry No. RBR-24T799; Universal Registry No. U1111-1133-5512).