Antibiotics are typically used in medicine to eliminate infections caused by the invasion of the host by a foreign, pathogenic microorganism. The choice of antibiotic in clinical practice may be based on microbiological analysis of the samples obtained from affected sites. The complete removal of biofilm is not always possible by scaling & root planning alone. Reinfection of periodontal pockets results from residual biofilm and penetration of bacteria in the connective tissue needs the combination of Scaling and root planning & antimicrobial therapy. Available chemotherapeutics can provide effective, safe, practical and affordable means of controlling subgingival colonization of periodontal pathogens and various types of periodontal disease.
Periodontitis, Antimicrobial Agents, Antibiotics, Antiseptics, Local drug delivery
