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Systemic doxycycline as an adjunct to scaling and root planing in diabetic patients with periodontitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Kenneth Chou Hung YapPulikottil Shaju Jacob
Published in: BMC oral health (2019)
Systemic doxycycline when used in addition to scaling and root planing yields no significant improvement of clinical attachment levels for periodontal status and reduction of HbA1c levels in treatment of diabetic patients with periodontitis when comparing the test group to the control group.
Keyphrases
  • type diabetes
  • wound healing
  • combination therapy
  • drug induced