Research Article

Effects of Periodontal Endoscopy-Assisted Nonsurgical Treatment of Periodontitis: Four-Month Results of a Randomized Controlled Split-Mouth Pilot Study

Figure 1

Flowchart of the patients’ recruitment and treatment protocol during the study. T0: initial treatment visit, T1: reevaluation after the treatment phase of nonsurgical periodontitis therapy (NSPT), either quadrant treatment with periodontal endoscopy (PE) or quadrant treatment without periodontal endoscopy (nPE) in terms of bleeding on probing (BOP); clinical attachment level (CAL), hygiene instruction (OHI), and supragingival professional mechanical plaque removal (PMPR).