COENZYME-Q10 AND PERIODONTAL TREATMENT - IS THERE ANY BENEFICIAL EFFECT

Many dentists have been surprised by recent media claims of periodonta l benefits with a purportedly revolutionary dietary supplement. The re search literature on coenzyme Q10's periodontal effects does not exten d to the international English language dental literature, which perha ps explains the surprise. A review of the available literature does no t give any ground for the claims made, and selected papers are discuss ed to show that there is actually some evidence that coenzyme Q10 has no place in periodontal treatment.