Microbiologic testing and outcomes of full-mouth scaling and root planing with or without amoxicillin/metronidazole in chronic periodontitis

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-23

  Cionca, Norbert ^a   Giannopoulou, Catherine ^a   Ugolotti, Giovanni ^a   Mombelli, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans; Amoxicillin; Chronic periodontitis; Metronidazole; Porphyromonas gingivalis; Root planing

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIA; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DENTAL SCALING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL POCKET; ROOT PLANING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77649211628     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2009.090390     Document Type: Article

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