ReviewAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2023
A Local Desiccant Antimicrobial Agent as an Alternative to Adjunctive Antibiotics in the Treatment of Periodontitis: A Narrative Review.
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- Efficacy of nonsurgical periodontal treatment on patients with periodontitis and type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis.Acta odontologica Scandinavica · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of Adjunctive EDTA and Air-Polishing Powders on Periodontitis-Affected Root Surfaces: A SEM Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Targeting Oral Biofilms: Comparative In Vitro Evaluation of Commercial Dental Antiseptics Against Clinical and Reference Microbial Strains.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Antimicrobial Efficacy and Soft-Tissue Safety of Air-Polishing Powders in Periodontal Therapy: A Narrative Review.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2025Review
- Antimicrobial, antibiofilm, cytotoxicity, and substantivity of aged garlic extract against oral bacteria: an in-vitro study.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Article
- Riboflavin-Mediated Photodynamic Therapy in Periodontology: A Systematic Review of Applications and Outcomes.Pharmaceutics · 2025Review
- The Effect of NiTi Brush, Polishing Brush, and Chemical Agent on the Dental Implant Surface Morphology and Cytocompatibility.Clinical implant dentistry and related research · 2025Article
- Periodontitis Continuum: Antecedents, Triggers, Mediators, and Treatment Strategies.Current medicinal chemistry · 2024Review
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- The Treatment of Severe Periodontitis Using a Local Antiseptic Desiccant and Subgingival Mechanical Instrumentation: A Pilot Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
Periodontitis is one of the most common oral polymicrobial infectious diseases induced by the complex interplay between the altered subgingival microbiota and the host's dysregulated immune-inflammatory response, leading to the initiation of progressive and irreversible destruction of the periodontal tissues and eventually to tooth loss. The main goal of cause-related periodontal therapy is to eliminate the dysbiotic subgingival biofilm in order to arrest local inflammation and further periodontal tissue breakdown. Because, in some cases, subgingival mechanical instrumentation has limited efficiency in achieving those goals, various adjunctive therapies, mainly systemic and locally delivered antimicrobials, have been proposed to augment its effectiveness. However, most adjunctive antimicrobials carry side effects; therefore, their administration should be precociously considered. HybenX
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