Scaling and Root Planning of Locally Delivered Doxycycline in Periodontal Smokers’ Treatment

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SRP by Locally Delivered Doxycycline in the Treatment of Periodontal Disease in Smokers
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SRP by Locally Delivered Doxycycline in the Treatment of Periodontal Disease in Smokers
Machion, L., Andia, D. C., Benatti, B. B., Carvalho, M. D., Nogueira-Filho, G. R., Casati, M. Z., … Sallum, E. A. (2004). Locally delivered doxycycline as an adjunctive therapy to scaling and root planing in the treatment of smokers: A clinical study. Journal of Periodontology, 75(3), 464-469. doi: 10.1902/jop.2004.75.3.464.
The purpose of this clinical study was to investigate the association of scaling and root planing (SRP) with the locally delivered doxycycline in the periodontal smokers’ treatment.
The inclusion criteria were patients who had been diagnosed with chronic periodontitis with at least four periodontal pockets on the anterior teeth and smoked over ten cigarettes for at least five years. The exclusion criteria included patients who had received SRP within six months before the study began, subgingival antimicrobials within six months before the study, presence of pulpal alterations on the qu...