Systemic Antibiotics in Periodontal Treatment of Diabetic Patients: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To evaluate the effects of systemic antibiotics in combination with scaling and root planing (SRP) on periodontal parameters, tooth loss and oral health-related quality of life in diabetes patients.

Materials and methods

Two independent reviewers screened for controlled clinical trials with at least 6-month follow-up in six electronic databases, registers of clinical trials, meeting abstracts and four major dental journals. After duplicates removal, electronic and hand searches yielded 1,878 records; 18 full-text articles were independently read by two reviewers. To evaluate the additional effect of antibiotic usage, pooled weighted mean differences and 95% confidence intervals were calculated using a fixed effects model.

Results

Five studies met the inclusion cri

SUBMITTER: Santos CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4687852 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature