Periodontitis Treatment: Antibiotics, Local Drug Delivery, and Prognosis
- Chemotherapeutic agent: a general term for a chemical substance that provides a clinical therapeutic benefit.
- Antiinfective agent: a chemotherapeutic agent that works by reducing the number of bacteria present.
- Antibiotic: a naturally occurring, semisynthetic, or synthetic type of antiinfective agent that destroys or inhibits the growth of selective microorganisms, generally at a low concentration.
- Guidelines for use of Antibiotics in Periodontal Therapy:
- Clinical diagnosis and situation will determine the need for possible antibiotic therapy as an adjunct.
- Continuing disease activity, continuing pocket depths of greater than 5 mm, and refractory and aggressive cases.
- Patients’ medical and dental status, current medications, and results of microbial analysis.
- Microbiologic plaque sampling may be performed.
Antibiotics used to treat periodontal disease:
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