Comparison of cefixime and amoxicillin plus metronidazole in the treatment of chronic periodontitis | Zendy

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Comparison of cefixime and amoxicillin plus metronidazole in the treatment of chronic periodontitis

Author(s) -

Smiljka Dukić,

Stevo Matijević,

Dragana Daković,

Tatjana Čutović

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

vojnosanitetski pregled

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123

H-Index - 19

eISSN - 2406-0720

pISSN - 0042-8450

DOI - 10.2298/vsp150326133d

Subject(s) - medicine , cefixime , metronidazole , amoxicillin , chronic periodontitis , periodontitis , bleeding on probing , gastroenterology , dentistry , antibiotics , ceftriaxone , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Despite significant advances in current medicine and improvement of overall health education, chronic periodontitis is still a widespread disease. Losing teeth is the most serious complication of this particular illness. The aim of this study was to examine patients with chronic periodontitis in order to evaluate the efficacy of non-surgical therapy and combination of amoxicillin and metronidazole compared with cefixime, which has not been so far used for the treatment of this disease.

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