Elena A Wood, Brittany L Ange, D Douglas Miller
Are We Ready to Integrate Artificial Intelligence Literacy into Medical School Curriculum: Students and Faculty Survey
Journal of medical education and curricular development
study laky et al singlecentre doubleblinded randomised placebocontrolled clinical trial examining effects micronutrient supplementation combination nonsurgical hygiene phase therapy nshpt stage iii iv periodontal disease study carried medical university vienna austria school dentistry patients enrolled study randomised receive commercially available multinutrient supplement containing vitamin c vitamin e zinc selenium alphalipoicacid cranberry extract grapeseed extract coenzyme q10 cellulose placebo take 2 months alongside course nonsurgical hygiene phase therapy baseline patients periodontal index screening psi performed patients scoring 3 meeting inclusion criteria enrolled trial oral hygiene instruction patient education performed followed 1 sessions nshpt depending clinical assessment patient full periodontal probing depth ppd chart recorded patients randomised receive either multinutrient supplement placebo take twice daily 8 weeks following 8week period ppd well bleeding probing bop gingival recession gr clinical attachment loss cal measured randomisation carried studyindependent member staff centre using computer programme total 149 patients assessed eligibility trial patients 83 deemed unsuitable trial failed meet inclusion criteria 24 declined participate total 42 patients randomised arm study inclusion criteria included patients stage iii iv periodontal disease patients deemed eligible met following criteria presence 18 scorable teeth excluding 3rd molars 4 teeth ppd 6 mm cal 5 mm previous periodontal treatment past percentage bone loss severe site smoking status presence diabetes diabetic control taken consideration patients deemed ineligible trial pregnant 18 years old exclusion criteria also included recent periodontal abscess past current comorbidity may confound results study endanger patients partaking study ie malignancy rheumatoid arthritis severe systemic conditions obesity ppd used primary variable study measured outcomes gr cal bop measurements taken papillary bleeding index pbi papillary inflamed surface area pisa considered secondary outcome variables variety tests used order assess collected data kolmogorovsmirnov test levene test used equality variances icc 95 ci used comparing periodontal chartings ppd mm chisquare fisher tests used categorical data intervention placebo baseline reevaluation data compared using mcnemar test data analysed using statistical software significant data indicated p value 005 number patients included analysis reduced n 20 intervention group n 19 placebo group patients lost due variety reasons including need antibiotics lost followup authors concluded arm trial periodontal hygiene parameters improved overall results show intervention group significantly higher reduction ppd however following data analysis findings found statistically insignificant authors conclude addition multinutrient supplement alongside nshpt patients undergoing treatment stage iii iv periodontal disease showed reduction ppd bop compared placebo nshpt