Bna. Vandekerckhove et al., THE USE OF LOCALLY-DELIVERED MINOCYCLINE IN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS - A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, Journal of clinical periodontology, 25(11), 1998, pp. 964-968
Tetracyclines are frequently used in the treatment of periodontitis; h
owever, emergence of resistant bacterial strains has decreased the uti
lity of these drugs. At present, there are a lot of data in the litera
ture from which one can draw conclusions regarding the use of local dr
ug delivery. This paper reviews the utility and different systems of l
ocal delivery of minocycline, a semisynthetic tetracycline, in the tre
atment of periodontitis.