Disease relevance of Dental Scaling

• Comparison of clinical outcomes following treatment of chronic adult periodontitis with subgingival scaling or subgingival scaling plus metronidazole gel [1].
• Treatment included supragingival scaling, drainage, and irrigation of the periodontal pocket with 0.85% sodium chloride and systemic tetracycline administration, 1 g per day for 2 weeks [2].
• Effectiveness in controlling haemorrhage after dental scaling in people with haemophilia by using tranexamic acid mouthwash [3].
• Dogs with periodontitis were used to determine the efficacy of an oral regimen of clindamycin versus chlorhexidine acetate oral rinse in reducing the total number of bacteria and the incidence of bacteremia before and after dental scaling [4].

High impact information on Dental Scaling

• OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to clarify the efficacy of the adjunctive use of subgingival minocycline application plus scaling/root planing as compared with the results of one episode of scaling/root planing in the treatment of chronic periodontitis [5].
• The anesthetic onset and duration of a new lidocaine/prilocaine gel intra-pocket anesthetic (Oraqix) for periodontal scaling/root planing [6].
• BACKGROUND: A new non-injection anesthetic, lidocaine/prilocaine gel (Oraqix, AstraZeneca) in a reversible thermosetting system, has been developed to provide local anesthesia for scaling/root planing (SRP) [6].
• CONCLUSIONS: Phosphate-buffered chlorine dioxide mouthrinse was effective in these short-term trials for control of waterline contamination in ultrasonic dental scaling units [7].
• This 2-centre study compared the clinical effects of subgingival scaling (SRP) with SRP plus subgingival application of 25% metronidazole gel, Elyzol (SRP+gel), in patients with chronic adult periodontitis [1].

Chemical compound and disease context of Dental Scaling

• The present study was performed to assess and compare the clinical healing and the microbiological findings following local application of metronidazole or tetracycline to augment subgingival scaling in previously untreated adult periodontitis sites [8].
• Changes in the microbial content of the periodontal pockets treated by subgingival scaling and clindamycin 1% gel were significant, compared with those obtained with subgingival scaling and placebo gel, particularly with respect to anaerobic black-pigmented bacteria and the motile gram-negative flora [9].
• Since a massive occurrence of A. actinomycetemcomitans had been found in the subgingival microflora of the periodontal pockets, the patient was treated with repeated subgingival scaling, with an adjunct Amoxicillin and Metronidazol treatment [10].
• In the light of this study, it will be concluded that the use of a small amount of clindamycin hydrochloride inserted into a periodontal pocket, once a week for 2 weeks as a complement to periodontal subgingival scaling, is beneficial in the treatment of adult periodontitis, by eliminating more effectively the microbial pocket colonization [9].

Associations of Dental Scaling with chemical compounds

• 3 regimens of topical metronidazole compared with subgingival scaling on periodontal pathology in adults [11].
• All implants received supra- and subgingival scaling, with half of the implants receiving adjunctive controlled local delivery of tetracycline HCl (test) [12].
• Elimination of A. actinomycetemcomitans at periodontal sites was a prerequisite for gain of clinical attachment of > or = 2 mm or decrease of probing depth to < or = 4 mm after subgingival scaling plus minocycline (p < 0.01) [13].
• The objective of this study was to compare the efficacy of a systemic antibiotic (doxycycline) and a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (ibuprofen), administered either separately or combined, as an adjunctive treatment of scaling/root planing (SRP) [14].
• BACKGROUND, AIMS: Oraqix, a new non-injection local anesthetic, lidocaine/prilocaine gel 5%, has been developed to provide pain relief in association with periodontal probing and scaling/root planing (SRP) [15].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Dental Scaling

• Therapy comprised subgingival scaling and root planing (SRP) of all quadrants and additional application of metronidazole 25%, dental gel in 2 randomly selected quadrants (SRP+Metro) [16].

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