Disease severity, debridement approach and timing of drug modify outcomes of adjunctive azithromycin in non-surgical management of chronic periodontitis: a multivariate meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Nithya Jagannathan (Author), Aneesha Acharya (Author), Ong Yi Farn (Author), Kar Yan Li (Author), Luigi Nibali (Author), George Pelekos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background Past meta-analyses have shown adjunctive systemic Azithromycin (AZI) to provide minor clinical benefits in scaling and root surface debridement (S/RSD). However, these have not considered the covariance of key outcome parameters; probing pocket depth (PPD) and Clinical Attachment...