Er:YAG laser versus systemic metronidazole as an adjunct to nonsurgical periodontal therapy: A clinical and microbiological study

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 325-330

  Yilmaz, Selçuk ^a   Kut, Burak ^a   Gursoy, Hare ^a   Eren Kuru, Bahar ^b   Noyan, Ulku ^b   Kadir, Tanju ^b  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC MICROORGANISMS; CLINICAL EFFECTS; CLINICAL PARAMETERS; DEBRIDEMENT; ER:YAG LASERS; METRONIDAZOLE; PARALLEL PATH; RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS; ROOT PLANING; TREATMENT GROUP; UNDER WATER;

LASER SURGERY;

ERBIUM;

METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTICS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLID STATE LASER; TOOTH PLAQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DENTAL SCALING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PERIODONTAL POCKET; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862184893     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2010.2762     Document Type: Article

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