Efficacy of Psidium guajava and Allium sativum extracts as antimicrobial agents against periodontal pathogens

• Main Authors: Sunaina Shetty (Author), Raghavendra M Shetty (Author), Betul Rahman (Author), Venkataramana Vannala (Author), Vijay Desai (Author), Shishir R Shetty (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The accumulation and maturation of bacterial plaque at the gingival margin is widely recognized as the primary etiological factor in the development of chronic periodontitis. With the rise in bacterial resistance to antibiotics, there is considerable interest in the development of other...