Dental Journal (Majalah Kedokteran Gigi)
ISSN 1978-3728
Vol. 43 / No. 1 / Published : 2010-03
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Original Article :
The comparison between minocycline oral-rinse and gel on pocket depth
Author :
- Eka Fitria Augustina*1
- Department of Periodontics Dentistry
Faculty of Dentistry Airlangga University
Surabaya – Indonesia
Abstract :
Background: Infection disease is still considered as a prominent disease in many developing countries, like Indonesia. The most oral infection disease is periodontitis. Despite scaling and root planning as the main therapy, using minocycline as adjunct therapy ha salready been used for periodontitis. There are a lot of media used, such as oral rinse and gel. Many researches even have also shown that the use of minocycline as adjunct therapy can decrease inflammation in periodontitis. Like tetracycline, minocycline as an anti inflammatory and anticollagenase is also considered to be very effective for the treatment of periodontitis. Media of minocycline that are available are for gel, fiber, and oral rinse, as the newest one. Purpose: The purpose of this research is to know the comparison of 0.2% oral rinse minocycline and 2% minocycline gel to reduce the depth pocket. Methods: The samples were divided into two groups, the first group using oral rinse and the second one using gel after scaling and therapy. Result: From this examination, finally, the group that minocycline gel therapy more decreased of depth pocket than oral rinse, but no statistically siugnificant difference among those two groups. Conclusion: Minocycline gel and oral rinse are the same effective in reducing pocket depth.
Keyword :
mynocycline gel, oral rinse, pocket depth
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