Open AccessComparative evaluation of natural curcumin and synthetic chlorhexidine in the management of chronic periodontitis as a local drug delivery: A clinical and microbiological study
Author(s) -
Anitha Venugopal,
P Rajesh,
M Shanmugam,
B Meena Priya,
Shivananda Prabhu,
V Shivakumar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.156806
Subject(s) - chlorhexidine , medicine , curcumin , dentistry , chronic periodontitis , periodontitis , gingival and periodontal pocket , pharmacology
The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of natural curcumin in the management of chronic periodontitis as local drug delivery in comparison to synthetic chlorhexidine, which is the gold standard.