A retrospective study on the impact of different antibiotic regimens in non-surgical periodontal therapy on microbial loads and therapy outcomes
Microbial loads of PAB were found directly associated with periodontal status. As antibiotic treatment with both MET and MET + AMOX similarly reduced microbial loads of PAB, treatment with MET alone may be sufficiently effective as adjunctive to non-surgical periodontal treatment. To confirm this, further prospective studies with bigger sample size are needed.
Authors
- Ali Al‐Ahmad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8769-599X)
- Vinay Pitchika (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6947-2602)
- Christina Ern
- Katrin Heck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2273-3662)
- Richard Heym
- Nils Werner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8498-0736)
- Falk Schwendicke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1223-1669)
- Fabian Cieplik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1750-7380)
- Matthias Folwaczny (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4708-784X)
- Caspar Victor Bumm
Institutions
- University Medical Center Freiburg (DE)
- LMU Klinikum (DE)
- Munich Business School (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Oral Health
- Published
- 2025-05-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/froh.2025.1578484
- Primary Topic
- Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00