Are there specific benefits of amoxicillin plus metronidazole in aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans-associated periodontitis? Double-masked, randomized clinical trial of efficacy and safety

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 715-724

  Mombelli, Andrea ^a   Cionca, Norbert ^a   Almaghlouth, Adnan ^a   Décaillet, Fabien ^a   Courvoisier, Delphine S ^b   Giannopoulou, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans; Amoxicillin; Metronidazole; Periodontitis; Root planing

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVA BLEEDING; GINGIVA DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR TOOTH; PASTEURELLACEAE INFECTION; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTITIS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SMOKING; TOOTH PLAQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DENTAL SCALING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; GINGIVAL RECESSION; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR; PASTEURELLACEAE INFECTIONS; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTITIS; PLACEBOS; ROOT PLANING; SAFETY; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878650455     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2012.120281     Document Type: Article

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