Open AccessMinocycline Ointment as a Local Drug Delivery in the Treatment of Generalized Chronic Periodontitis - A Clinical Study
Author(s) -
Sara Abbas,
Jaideep Mahendra,
Geetha Ari
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/19468.7930
Subject(s) - medicine , minocycline , debridement (dental) , gingival and periodontal pocket , chronic periodontitis , dentistry , bleeding on probing , adjuvant , surgery , periodontitis , group b , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
The primary goal in periodontal therapy includes removal of the etiological factors by mechanical periodontal treatment, which sometimes fail to eliminate the anaerobic infection at the base of the pocket and requires adjuvant chemical therapy.