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PERIODONTOLOGY 2000
Volume 67, Issue 1, Pages 131-186Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/prd.12075
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- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR, USA) [2007/56413-0, 2007/55291-9, 2009/17677-8, 2010/10384-2, 2011/23034-2]
- Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP, Brazil) [311765/2006-8, 308308/2009-3, 308550/2009-9, 306314/2010-0]
- National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq, Brazil)
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) [10/10384-2, 09/17677-8] Funding Source: FAPESP
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Despite the fact that several clinical studies have shown additional benefits when certain systemic antibiotics are used as adjuncts to periodontal treatment, clear guidelines for the use of these agents in the clinical practice are not yet available. Basic questions concerning the use of systemic antibiotics to treat periodontitis remain unanswered, such as: which drug(s) should be used; which patients would most benefit from treatment; which are the most effective protocols (i.e. doses and durations); and in which phase of the mechanical therapy should the drug(s) be administered? Although not all of those questions have been directly addressed by controlled randomized clinical trials, recent concepts related to the ecology of periodontal diseases, as well as the major advances in laboratory and clinical research methods that have occurred in the past decade, have significantly broadened our knowledge in this field. This article endeavored to provide a state of the art' overview on the use of systemic antibiotics in the treatment of periodontitis, based on the most recent literature on the topic as well as on a compilation of data from studies conducted at the Center of Clinical Trials at Guarulhos University (SAo Paulo, Brazil) from 2002 to 2012.
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