Open AccessEffectiveness of a controlled release chlorhexidine chip (PerioColTM‑CG) as an adjunctive to scaling and root planing when compared to scaling and root planing alone in the treatment of chronic periodontitis: A comparative study
Author(s) -
Kameswari Kondreddy,
N Ambalavanan,
T Ramakrishna,
R Saravana Kumar
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of indian society of periodontology (print)/journal of indian society of periodontology (online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.309
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 0975-1580
pISSN - 0972-124X
DOI - 10.4103/0972-124x.106909
Subject(s) - scaling and root planing , medicine , dentistry , bleeding on probing , chronic periodontitis , periodontitis , chlorhexidine , significant difference , gingival and periodontal pocket
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a controlled-release chlorhexidine chip as an adjunctive therapy to scaling and root planing when compared with scaling and root planing alone in the treatment of chronic periodontitis.