Herbal anti-inflammatory immunomodulators as host modulators in chronic periodontitis patients: a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial

摘要

PurposeHost modulatory therapy has been proposed as a treatment for periodontal diseases. A class of herbal medicines, known to be immunomodulators, alters the activity of immune function through the regulation of informational molecules such as cytokines. In the current study, we tested the hypothesis that herbal immunomodulator drugs act as an adjuvant to scaling and root planing (SRP) in alleviating periodontal inflammation by improving clinical and biochemical parameters.