Traditional antimicrobial therapies for periodontitis (PD) have long focused on non-selective
and direct approaches. Professional cleaning of the subgingival biofilm by instrumentation of …

Periodontal diseases are pathological processes resulting from infections and inflammation
affecting the periodontium or the tissue surrounding and supporting the teeth. Pathogenic …

Even though the oral microbiome is one of the most complex sites on the body it is an
excellent model for narrow‐spectrum antimicrobial therapy. Current research indicates that …

Background: Periodontitis remains a major public health issue and current management
approaches have failed to impact upon the most high‐risk proportion of the population and …

The principles of periodontal therapy are based on the control of microbial pathogens and
host factors that contribute to biofilm dysbiosis, with the aim of modulating the progression of …

Causes of the progression of periodontitis such as an imbalance between the immune
response by the host by the release of inflammatory mediators in the response of the oral …

Background Periodontitis is microbially-associated, host-mediated inflammatory condition
that results in loss of periodontal attachment. The goals of periodontal therapy include …

The main goals of periodontal therapy are to achieve reductions in probing depth (PD),
bleeding on probing and suppuration, to maintain or gain clinical attachment (CA) and to …

The starting point for defining a therapy, whether in dentistry or the various areas of
medicine, is to understand the aetiology and progression of the different illnesses. In this …

Successful prevention and treatment of periodontitis is contingent upon effective control of
the periodontopathic microbiota. Periodontal pathogens reside in subgingival sites but also …