The Use of Controlled Release Locally Delivered 10% Doxycycline Hyclate Gel as an adjunct to Scaling and Root Planing in the Treatment of Chronic Periodontitis: Clinical and Microbiological Results

Jalaluddin, Mohammad; Ahamed, Shabeer; Khalid, Imran; Moon, Ninad; Shafi, TK; Mukram Ali, Fareedi

doi:10.5005/jp-journals-10024-1455

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The Use of Controlled Release Locally Delivered 10% Doxycycline Hyclate Gel as an adjunct to Scaling and Root Planing in the Treatment of Chronic Periodontitis: Clinical and Microbiological Results

Published in The Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice • Jan 1, 2013

Authors:

Mohammad Jalaluddin

Shabeer Ahamed

Imran Khalid

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Local delivery of antimicrobial agents provides higher concentration of the drug in the periodontal site for longer periods than systemically delivered methods. In the present study an attempt is made to know the efficacy of controlled local drug delivery of doxycycline as an adjunctive ...

Subject

Scaling and root planing

Medicine

Chronic periodontitis

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