Metronidazole alone or with amoxicillin as adjuncts to non-surgical treatment of chronic periodontitis: A secondary analysis of microbiological results from a randomized clinical trial

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 366-376

  Soares, Geisla M S ^a   Mendes, Juliana A V ^a   Silva, Maike P ^a   Faveri, Marcelo ^a   Teles, Ricardo ^b,c   Socransky, Sigmund S ^a,b   Wang, Xiaoshan ^b   Figueiredo, Luciene C ^a   Feres, Magda ^a  

^a GUARULHOS UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

amoxicillin; chronic periodontitis; metronidazole; microbiology; periodontal disease; periodontitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; METRONIDAZOLE; MOUTHWASH; PLACEBO; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOOTH PLAQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL SCALING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTHWASHES; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PLACEBOS; ROOT PLANING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84897617376     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpe.12217     Document Type: Article

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