Short-term benefits of the adjunctive use of metronidazole plus amoxicillin in the microbial profile and in the clinical parameters of subjects with generalized aggressive periodontitis

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 353-365

  Mestnik, Maria Josefa ^a   Feres, Magda ^a   Figueiredo, Luciene Cristina ^a   Duarte, Poliana Mendes ^a   Lira, Eisla Alline Gomes ^a   Faveri, Marcelo ^a  

^a GUARULHOS UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dental plaque; Generalized aggressive periodontitis; Periodontal disease; Scaling and root planing

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; AGGRESSIVE PERIODONTITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PERIODONTICS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TOOTH PLAQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGGRESSIVE PERIODONTITIS; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; PERIODONTAL INDEX; SUBGINGIVAL CURETTAGE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949769804     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2010.01538.x     Document Type: Article

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