Clinical efficacy of subgingivally delivered simvastatin gel in chronic periodontitis patients

• Hauptverfasser: Swati Agarwal (VerfasserIn), Krishna Kumar Chaubey (VerfasserIn), Abhinav Chaubey (VerfasserIn), Vikas Agarwal (VerfasserIn), Ellora Madan (VerfasserIn), Manvi Chandra Agarwal (VerfasserIn)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Simvastatin (SMV), a new locally delivered drug of class statins, is a specific competitive inhibitor of 3-hydroxy-2-methyl-glutaryl coenzyme A reductase. Statins, besides having lipid-lowering abilities, also have pleiotropic effects like host modulation and bone regeneration. The prese...