Effect of nonsurgical periodontal therapy on serum levels of interleukin-1β and interleukin-8 in smokers and nonsmokers with chronic periodontitis

• Main Authors: Steffi Vijayakumar (Author), Elizabeth Koshi (Author), Arun Sadasivan (Author), R S Indhuja (Author), Chitra G Vallabhan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of nonsurgical periodontal therapy on serum levels of interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and interleukin-8 (IL-8) in smokers and nonsmokers with chronic periodontitis before and after scaling and root planing (SRP). Materials and Methods: This was a comparat...