Non-Cochrane · intervention · PM42598676

Non surgical periodontal therapy reduces gingival crevicular fluid adipocytokines and improves the clinical outcomes in chronic periodontitis patients with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Abraham Dax, Puri Aakansha, Mrinalini Mrinalini, et al. · Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology · 2026 · PubMed · doi:10.4103/jisp.jisp_230_25

Findings

11 findings

Population
Adults with chronic periodontitis and controlled type 2 diabetesNonsurgical periodontal therapy (scaling and root planing)Baseline (pretreatment) statusPeriodontal probing depth (PPD)
Before versus after NSPT (follow-up 30 days to 6 months) · Clinical studies of GCF adipocytokines and periodontal indices
SMC -2.95 [-4.51, -1.38]
GRADE not reported
5 studies · 108 participants
Adults with chronic periodontitis and controlled type 2 diabetesNonsurgical periodontal therapy (scaling and root planing)Baseline (pretreatment) statusPlaque Index (PI)
Before versus after NSPT (follow-up 30 days to 6 months) · Clinical studies of GCF adipocytokines and periodontal indices
SMC -5.04 [-7.11, -2.97]
GRADE not reported
4 studies · 85 participants
Adults with chronic periodontitis and controlled type 2 diabetesNonsurgical periodontal therapy (scaling and root planing)Baseline (pretreatment) statusGCF adipocytokine levels (resistin, chemerin, leptin, visfatin; ELISA)
Before versus after NSPT (follow-up 30 days to 6 months) · Clinical studies of GCF adipocytokines and periodontal indices · Sensitivity: Ahuja 2019 omitted
SMC -5.48
GRADE not reported
6 studies · 112 participants
Adults with chronic periodontitis and controlled type 2 diabetesNonsurgical periodontal therapy (scaling and root planing)Baseline (pretreatment) statusGCF adipocytokine levels (resistin, chemerin, leptin, visfatin; ELISA)
Before versus after NSPT (follow-up 30 days to 6 months) · Clinical studies of GCF adipocytokines and periodontal indices
SMC -4.52 [-7.84, -1.20]
GRADE not reported
7 studies · 142 participants
Adults with chronic periodontitis and controlled type 2 diabetesNonsurgical periodontal therapy (scaling and root planing)Baseline (pretreatment) statusGingival Index (GI)
Before versus after NSPT (follow-up 30 days to 6 months) · Clinical studies of GCF adipocytokines and periodontal indices
SMC -3.25 [-4.81, -1.69]
GRADE not reported
5 studies · 108 participants
Adults with chronic periodontitis and controlled type 2 diabetesNonsurgical periodontal therapy (scaling and root planing)Baseline (pretreatment) statusPlaque Index (PI)
Before versus after NSPT (follow-up 30 days to 6 months) · Clinical studies of GCF adipocytokines and periodontal indices · Sensitivity: GD 2023 omitted
SMC -6.13 [-7.17, -5.08]
GRADE not reported
3 studies · 70 participants
Adults with chronic periodontitis and controlled type 2 diabetesNonsurgical periodontal therapy (scaling and root planing)Baseline (pretreatment) statusGCF adipocytokine levels (resistin, chemerin, leptin, visfatin; ELISA)
Before versus after NSPT (follow-up 30 days to 6 months) · Clinical studies of GCF adipocytokines and periodontal indices · Sensitivity: GD 2023 omitted
SMC -3.69
GRADE not reported
6 studies · 127 participants
Adults with chronic periodontitis and controlled type 2 diabetesNonsurgical periodontal therapy (scaling and root planing)Baseline (pretreatment) statusClinical attachment level (CAL)
Before versus after NSPT (follow-up 30 days to 6 months) · Clinical studies of GCF adipocytokines and periodontal indices
SMC -2.36 [-3.88, -0.85]
GRADE not reported
5 studies · 108 participants
Systemically healthy adults (healthy or chronic periodontitis without diabetes) comparator cohortsNonsurgical periodontal therapy (scaling and root planing)Baseline (pretreatment) statusGCF adipocytokine levels (resistin, chemerin, leptin, visfatin; ELISA)
Before versus after NSPT (follow-up 30 days to 6 months) · Clinical studies of GCF adipocytokines and periodontal indices
SMC -0.17 [-1.10, 0.76]
GRADE not reported
5 studies · 107 participants
Systemically healthy adults (healthy or chronic periodontitis without diabetes) comparator cohortsNonsurgical periodontal therapy (scaling and root planing)Baseline (pretreatment) statusGCF adipocytokine levels (resistin, chemerin, leptin, visfatin; ELISA)
Before versus after NSPT (follow-up 30 days to 6 months) · Clinical studies of GCF adipocytokines and periodontal indices · Text-reported pooled value
Unresolved: the two extractors disagree on this row.
SMC 0.259 [-0.66, 1.15]
GRADE not reported
5 studies · 107 participants
Systemically healthy adults (healthy or chronic periodontitis without diabetes) comparator cohortsNonsurgical periodontal therapy (scaling and root planing)Baseline (pretreatment) statusGCF adipocytokine levels (resistin, chemerin, leptin, visfatin; ELISA)
Before versus after NSPT (follow-up 30 days to 6 months) · Clinical studies of GCF adipocytokines and periodontal indices · Sensitivity: Ahuja 2019 omitted
SMC -0.500
GRADE not reported
4 studies · 77 participants

Included primary studies 7

Open in Studies
StudyYearAlso included byOutcomes it informs hereTrial data
Ahuja 2019
Effect of non-surgical periodontal treatment on gingival crevicular fluid and serum leptin levels in periodontally healthy chronic…
PMID:31172690
20192 other reviewsnot statednot extracted yet
Dogan 2016
Chemerin as a Novel Crevicular Fluid Marker of Patients With Periodontitis and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
PMID:26991487
20161 other reviewnot statednot extracted yet
Gomathi (GD) 2023
Effects of Non-surgical Periodontal Therapy on Saliva and Gingival Crevicular Fluid Levels of Chemerin in Periodontitis Subjects With and…
PMID:36751175
20231 other reviewnot statednot extracted yet
Mishra 2016
Interlinking Periodontitis and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Assessment of Crevicular Visfatin Levels in Health and in Disease Before and…
PMID:27656567
20161 other reviewnot statednot extracted yet
Joshi 2019
Gingival crevicular fluid resistin levels in chronic periodontitis with type 2 diabetes before and after non-surgical periodontal therapy:…
PMID:30900656
2019this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Rode 2019
Relevance of single-nucleotide polymorphism to the expression of resistin gene affecting serum and gingival crevicular fluid resistin…
PMID:30983784
2019this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Wu 2015
Effect of non-surgical periodontal treatment on visfatin concentrations in serum and gingival crevicular fluid of patients with chronic…
PMID:25786566
2015this review onlynot statednot extracted yet

Overlap with other reviews

Reviews that include the same primary studies are not independent evidence. Shared counts match studies by PMID, DOI or NCT, and otherwise by author and year (a probable match). Only the non-Cochrane dental reviews have study lists, so overlap with Cochrane reviews is not counted yet.

Review question

ElementPlanned (methods)Found (results)
PopulationNonobese adults (>=18 years) with chronic periodontitis and controlled type 2 diabetes mellitusChronic periodontitis with T2DM (n=142 in 7 studies); chronic periodontitis without diabetes comparator cohorts (n=107 in 5 studies)
InterventionNonsurgical periodontal treatment (scaling and root planing with standardized oral hygiene regimens)Nonsurgical periodontal therapy (scaling and root planing)
ComparisonBaseline pretreatment status and, where available, systemically healthy chronic periodontitis cohorts receiving identical NSPTBaseline pretreatment values (pre-post change)
OutcomesGCF adipocytokine levels (resistin, chemerin, leptin, visfatin) by ELISA; periodontal clinical parametersGCF leptin, chemerin, resistin, visfatin; clinical attachment level, plaque index, gingival index, probing depth
Study designsRCTs, controlled clinical trials and observational studiesOne randomized trial and six nonrandomized comparative studies (n=7)
TimingNot specifiedFollow-up 30 days to 6 months (Table 3)

AMSTAR 2 items

Two independent extractors rated each item. Their ratings are shown side by side because they have not been reconciled yet. The overall rating follows Shea et al. 2017: one critical flaw gives Low, more than one gives Critically Low.

ItemExtractor AExtractor BAgree
1Research question includes PICO componentsYesYesyes
2Protocol established before the reviewcriticalPartial YesPartial Yesyes
3Choice of study designs explainedYesYesyes
4Comprehensive literature searchcriticalPartial YesPartial Yesyes
5Study selection in duplicateYesYesyes
6Data extraction in duplicateYesYesyes
7List of excluded studies with reasonscriticalNoNoyes
8Included studies described in detailPartial YesPartial Yesyes
9Risk of bias assessed satisfactorilycriticalRCT: Yes · NRSI: YesRCT: Yes · NRSI: Yesyes
10Funding of included studies reportedNoNoyes
11Appropriate meta-analysis methodscriticalRCT: No · NRSI: NoRCT: Partial Yes · NRSI: Nono
12Impact of risk of bias on the pooled resultsNoNoyes
13Risk of bias accounted for in interpretationcriticalYesYesyes
14Heterogeneity explainedNoYesno
15Publication bias investigatedcriticalYesYesyes
16Conflicts of interest reportedNoNoyes
OverallCritically LowCritically Lowyes