Clinical and microbiological effects of a combined mechanic-antibiotic therapy in subjects with Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans-associated periodontitis

American Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 153-156

  Dannewitz, Bettina ^b   Pohl, Sabine ^c   Eickholz, Peter ^d   Kim, Ti Sun ^a,b  

^a Dental Clinic   (Germany)

^b Section of Periodontology   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PERIODONTITIS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMOXICILLIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CIPROFLOXACIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DENTAL SCALING; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTITIS; ROOT PLANING;

EID: 34250212333     PISSN: 08948275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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