Effectiveness of systemic amoxicillin/metronidazole as adjunctive therapy to scaling and root planing in the treatment of chronic periodontitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1257-1269

  Sgolastra, Fabrizio ^a   Gatto, Roberto ^a   Petrucci, Ambra ^a   Monaco, Annalisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amoxicillin; Chronic periodontitis; Meta analysis; Metronidazole; Root planing

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG COMBINATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIODONTICS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENTAL SCALING; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; METRONIDAZOLE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PUBLICATION BIAS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867318968     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2012.110625     Document Type: Review

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