Systemic antibiotics and debridement of peri-implant mucositis. A randomized clinical trial

• Published in: Journal of clinical periodontology Vol. 39; no. 6; pp. 574 - 581
• Main Authors: Hallström, Hadar, Persson, G. Rutger, Lindgren, Susann, Olofsson, Maria, Renvert, Stefan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2012; Blackwell
• Subjects: Administration, Oral; Adult; Aged; Anti-Bacterial Agents - administration & dosage; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Antibiotics; Azithromycin - administration & dosage; Azithromycin - therapeutic use; Bacterial infections; Bacteroides - isolation & purification; Biological and medical sciences; Campylobacter - isolation & purification; Clinical Medicine; Clinical outcomes; Combined Modality Therapy; Dental Implantation, Endosseous - adverse effects; Dental Implants - adverse effects; Dental Implants - microbiology; Dentistry; DNA, Bacterial - analysis; Facial bones, jaws, teeth, parodontium: diseases, semeiology; Fusobacterium nucleatum - isolation & purification; Humans; Klinisk medicin; Linear Models; Medical and Health Sciences; Medical sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; microbiology; Middle Aged; Mucositis - drug therapy; Mucositis - etiology; Mucositis - microbiology; Mucositis - therapy; Non tumoral diseases; Odontologi; Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology; peri-implant disease; peri-implant mucositis; Peri-Implantitis - drug therapy; Peri-Implantitis - microbiology; Peri-Implantitis - therapy; Periodontal Debridement; Periodontal Index; Single-Blind Method; Statistics, Nonparametric; Stomatitis - drug therapy; Stomatitis - etiology; Stomatitis - microbiology; Stomatitis - therapy; therapy; Transplants & implants; Treatment Outcome; Mucositis; peri-implant mucositis; Implant; Microbiology; therapy; Dentistry; Antibiotic; Treatment; Debridment; Clinical trial; Disseminated; antibiotics; peri-implant disease

Background This RCT compared non‐surgical treatment of peri‐implant mucositis with or without systemic antibiotics. Materials and Methods Forty‐eight subjects received non‐surgical debridement with or without systemic Azithromax ® (4 days), and were followed during 6 months. The checkerboard DNA‐DNA...