Non-surgical periodontal therapy with adjunctive topical doxycycline: A double-blind randomized controlled multicenter study (I). Study design and clinical results

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 108-117

  Eickholz, Peter ^a,f   Kim, Ti Sun ^a   Bürklin, Thomas ^b   Schacher, Beate ^b   Renggli, Heinz H ^c   Schaecken, Matthijs T ^c   Holle, Rolf ^d   Kübler, Alexander ^e   Ratka Krüger, Petra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^f Sektion Parodontologie ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodegradable controlled release device, non surgical periodontal therapy; Double blind randomized controlled multicenter clinical trial; Topical subgingival doxycycline

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG VEHICLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTITIS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOOTH PLAQUE; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VEHICLES;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DENTAL SCALING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GELS; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROOT PLANING; SAMPLE SIZE; SMOKING; VEHICLES;

EID: 0036484693     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-051x.2002.290204.x     Document Type: Article

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