A controlled multicenter study of adjunctive use of tetracycline periodontal fibers in mandibular class II furcations with persistent bleeding

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 728-736

  Tonetti, M S ^a,b   Cortellini, P ^a   Carnevale, G ^a   Cattabriga, M ^a   De Sanctis, M ^a   Pini Prato, G P ^a  

^a NONE   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Controlled clinical trial; Drug delivery; Furcation involvement; Human; Maintenance care; Periodontitis; Tetracycline

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG IMPLANT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DENTAL SCALING; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FURCATION DEFECTS; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTITIS; ROOT PLANING; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SMOKING; TETRACYCLINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032160239     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.1998.tb02514.x     Document Type: Article

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