Metronidazole alone or with amoxicillin as adjuncts to non-surgical treatment of chronic periodontitis: A 1-year double-blinded, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1149-1158

  Feres, Magda ^a   Soares, Geisla Mary Silva ^a   Mendes, Juliana Alethusa Velloso ^a   Silva, Maike Paulino ^a   Faveri, Marcelo ^a   Teles, Ricardo ^b,c   Socransky, Sigmund S ^b   Figueiredo, Luciene Cristina ^a  

^a GUARULHOS UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

amoxicillin; chronic periodontitis; metronidazole; periodontal disease; periodontal treatment; scaling and root planing

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; METRONIDAZOLE; MOUTHWASH;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTICS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMOXICILLIN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS; DENTAL SCALING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTHWASHES; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PERIODONTAL POCKET; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84869502574     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpe.12004     Document Type: Article

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