The clinical effect of scaling and root planing and the concomitant administration of systemic amoxicillin and metronidazole: A systematic review

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 332-351

  Zandbergen, Dina ^a,b   Slot, Dagmar E ^a   Cobb, Charles M ^c   Van Der Weijden, Fridus A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Clinic for Periodontology   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amoxicillin; Metronidazole; Periodontitis; Root planing; Root scaling; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS; DRUG COMBINATION; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; REVIEW;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS; DENTAL SCALING; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE;

EID: 84874588704     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2012.120040     Document Type: Review

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