The combination of amoxicillin and metronidazole improves clinical and microbiologic results of one-stage, full-mouth, ultrasonic debridement in aggressive periodontitis treatment

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 988-998

  Casarin, Renato C V ^a,b   Ribeiro, Érica Del Peloso ^c   Sallum, Enilson A ^a   Nociti, Francisco H ^a   Goncxalves, Reginaldo B ^d   Casati, Márcio Z ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b PAULISTA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c Bahia Foundation for Science Development   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggressive periodontitis; Anti infective agents; Debridement; Randomized clinical trial; Ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864943507     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2012.110513     Document Type: Review

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