Adjunctive Use of Antibiotics and Antimicrobials in Periodontal Therapy

By Lynn Marsh, RDH, EdD


Scaling and root planing is the most effective and most recommended choice of treatment, as part of nonsurgical periodontal therapy.1,2 However, periodontal treatment can be supported by adjunctive therapies designed to reduce chronic inflammation via local or systemic agents and/or host modulation adjunctive therapies in periodontal diseases.2

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