Whats the latest and greats in antimicrobial therapy.

Mon, 06/22/2009 - 13:07 — OrthoKing

Read alot in residency on antimicrobials and intial therapy but does it really do much? Most periodontists say it adds very little. Opinions?

Periodontics

Sat, 07/04/2009 - 11:45 — Perioplasticsurgeon

Antimicrobials and Intial therapy

I myself am a big fan of arestin, but I dont use it all over like I see alot if people doing this days. I use it limited, in that I tend to use it in areas where I have an isolated 5 mm pocket that I am trying to avoid surgery on. Other then that I think surgical therapy via APF and oss is the best in reducing multiple pockets in a quadrant.

Local delivery has limited value, most studies show a .5mm pocket reduction.

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 09:04 — Laser Regeneration

Lasers

Lasers have been shown to have a good antimicrobial ability.

Here is a reference

http://www.biomedicalconsultants.com/BIOS04%205313-22.pdf

Arestin has been shown to be statistically significant though clinically insignificant. .2mm is the improvement. I don't know about you but how many of us probe calculating tenths of a millimeter?