Journal of clinical periodontology
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J. Clin. Periodontol. · Nov 2005
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyEffect of the menstrual cycle on pain experience associated with periodontal therapy: randomized, pilot study.
The aim of this pilot cross-over study was to compare preliminarily the pain perception of female patients undergoing periodontal debridement during menstrual or pre-menstrual phases (peri-menstrual period) with that observed during mid-menstrual phase (post-menstrual period). ⋯ No clinical conclusions can be drawn at this stage as this pilot study did not have a sufficiently broad population to generalize these observations to all female periodontal patients. Providing clinicians with information about patients' menstrual cycle during debridement can alter the pain experience.