The effect of adjunctive low-dose doxycycline and licorice therapy on gingival crevicular fluid matrix metalloproteinase-8 levels in chronic periodontitis

• Main Authors: Shirin Zahra Farhad (Author), Atousa Aminzadeh (Author), Morvarid Mafi (Author), Mehrdad Barekatain (Author), Mohammad Naghney (Author), Mohammad Reza Ghafari (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: This study compared the effect of adjunctive low dose doxycycline and licorice on gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) matrix metalloproteinase-8 (MMP-8) levels in patients with chronic periodontitis. Materials and Methods: In this in vivo, experimental study 39 patients with mild to moderate...