Adjunctive benefits of systemic amoxicillin and metronidazole in non-surgical treatment of generalized aggressive periodontitis: A randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1096-1107

  Guerrero, Adrian ^a,b   Griffiths, Gareth S ^a   Nibali, Luigi ^a   Suvan, Jean ^a   Moles, David R ^a   Laurell, Lars ^a   Tonetti, Maurizio S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Private Periodontal Practice   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Generalized aggressive periodontitis; Human; Randomized controlled clinical trial; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTITIS;

EID: 25844497516     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2005.00814.x     Document Type: Article

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