Open AccessEffect of tetracycline HCl in the treatment of chronic periodontitis - A clinical study
Author(s) -
Sachin Sinha,
Santosh Kumar,
Namrata Dagli,
Rushabh Dagli
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of international society of preventive and community dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2250-1002
pISSN - 2231-0762
DOI - 10.4103/2231-0762.142011
Subject(s) - scaling and root planing , medicine , chronic periodontitis , dentistry , tetracycline , periodontitis , gingival and periodontal pocket , treatment modality , orthodontics , antibiotics , chemistry , biochemistry
This study was aimed to evaluate the efficacy of the adjunctive use of tetracycline fibers (Periodontal Plus AB(®)) as a local drug delivery with scaling and root planing, as compared with the results of one episode of scaling and root planing for the treatment of chronic periodontitis.