Adjunctive antimicrobial therapy of periodontitis: Long-term effects on disease progression and oral colonization

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 749-759

  Ehmke, Benjamin ^a   Moter, Annette ^b   Beikler, Thomas ^a   Milian, Edwin ^c   Flemmig, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Adjunctive therapy; Amoxicillin therapeutic use; Debridement; Disease progression; Metronidazole therapeutic use; Periodontal attachment loss prevention and control

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PERIODONTITIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TANNERELLA FORSYTHENSIS; TOOTH PLAQUE; TREPONEMA;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEROIDACEAE INFECTIONS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHLORHEXIDINE; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL SCALING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTITIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 20744435325     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2005.76.5.749     Document Type: Article

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