LOCALLY DELIVERED MINOCYCLINE AND GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION TO TREATPOST-JUVENILE PERIODONTITIS - A CASE-REPORT

A CASE OF POSTJUVENILE PERIODONTITIS in a 28-year-old female patient i s described along with new periodontal treatment modalities. Administr ation of minocycline-HCl with local drug delivery system was introduce d as a part of initial periodontal therapy following microbiological a nd immunological examinations. The lesions were subsequently treated b y guided tissue regeneration, which resulted in considerable gain of a ttachment with minimal recession of marginal gingiva. This observation suggests that the local delivery of antibiotics and regenerative ther apy may prove to be effective alternative modalities in treatment of p ost-juvenile periodontitis.