Periodontal Debridement: Still the Treatment of Choice

• Published in: The journal of evidence-based dental practice Vol. 14; pp. 33 - 41.e1
• Main Author: Drisko, Connie L., DDS
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Mosby, Inc 01.06.2014
• Subjects: Combined Modality Therapy; Dentistry; Humans; non-surgical therapy; outcomes; Periodontal Attachment Loss - therapy; Periodontal debridement; Periodontal Debridement - methods; Periodontal Pocket - therapy; periodontal therapy; Periodontitis - therapy; Practice Guidelines as Topic; root planing; scaling; non-surgical therapy; scaling; outcomes; periodontal therapy; Periodontal debridement; root planing

Abstract Periodontal debridement (PD) remains a gold standard for the treatment of inflammatory periodontitis. Background/Purpose The evidence base regarding the causal relationship between oral biofilm and the host inflammatory response to the etiology of periodontal disease has substantially incre...