Antibiotic treatment of periodontitis aims at eradicating or controlling specific pathogens.
Prime candidates for antibiotic therapy are patients with recently diagnosed active …

Tetracyclines have long been considered useful adjuncts in peridontal therapy based on
their antimicrobial efficacy against putative periodontopathogens. However, recently these …

In their contribution to the first edition of this Handbook, entitled" The Teeth," LEHNER and
PLENK (1936) discussed the tissues constituting the" perio dontium" rather briefly. In …

Since recent studies have implicated Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans in the etiology
of localized juvenile periodontitis, this investigation determined the effectiveness of …

Tetracyclines are now recognized to have non‐antimicrobial properties with therapeutic
potential‐for example, these agents can inhibit pathologic collagenolysis by blocking …

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to utilize an in vitro biofilm model of subgingival
plaque to investigate resistances in subgingival biofilm communities to antibiotics commonly …

Focuses on the role of matrix metalloproteinase activities in physiological and pathological
events of periodontitis. Degradation of proteoglycan and fibronectin; Reduction of bacterial …

Periodontal diseases essentially comprise a group of oral infections whose primary
aetiological factor is dental plaque. Removal of the cause (and its effects) is the primary aim …

This study examined the occurrence of non‐oral gram‐negative facultatively anaerobic rods
in advanced adult periodontitis. Speciation and in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility testing …

a 4‐quadrant, single‐blind study was designed to test the efficacy of periodontal disease
therapy by local drug delivery. A delivery system made of extruded ethylene vinyl acetate …