Open AccessComparison of the efficacy of chlorhexidine varnish and chip in the treatment of chronic periodontitis
Author(s) -
B S Jagadish Pai,
Smitha Anitha Rajan,
Srinivas Marmamula,
Ramasamy Padma,
Girish Suragimath,
Amit Walvekar,
Saakshi Goel,
Vinesh Kamath
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
contemporary clinical dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.289
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 0976-237X
pISSN - 0976-2361
DOI - 10.4103/0976-237x.114848
Subject(s) - varnish , chlorhexidine , dentistry , medicine , bleeding on probing , chronic periodontitis , periodontitis , chemistry , organic chemistry , coating
The purpose of this study was to clinically evaluate the benefits of sub gingival chlorhexidine (CHX) varnish and biodegradable CHX chip application used as an adjunct to scaling and root planning (SRP) as combined therapy and also to compare the effect of combined therapy with SRP alone.