Open AccessComparative evaluation of efficacy of three treatment modalities – tetracycline fibers, scaling and root planing, and combination therapy: A clinical study
Author(s) -
Aashima Bajaj Dang,
Krishna K Chaubey,
Rajesh K. Thakur,
Ranjana Mohan,
Zoya Chowdhary,
Richa Tripathi
Publication year - 2016
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/jisp.jisp_52_17
Subject(s) - medicine , scaling and root planing , tetracycline , dentistry , chronic periodontitis , periodontitis , periodontology , gingival and periodontal pocket , antibiotics , pharmacotherapy , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Tetracycline is one of the primary antibiotics prescribed for antimicrobial therapy in periodontics. It has a broad spectrum of activity being effective against most bacteria as well as spirochetes. Due to limitations of systemic drug therapy, recent formulations of the drug for local administration in the subgingival area have been introduced, including collagen fibers impregnated with tetracycline.