Comparison of the effects between minocycline hydrochloride and metronidazole on peri-implantitis
QIAO Yan
LIU Chen
ZHOU Wei
SONG Ying-ling
Abstract：AIM:To compare the clinical effects of minocycline hydrochloride and metronidazole gel on peri implantitis. METHODS: Sixty patients with 60 ITI dental implants suffering from dental peri - implantitis were cho sen. After scaling, all implants were randomly assigned to 3 groups; local application with minocycline hydrochloride or metronidazole, or wilthout any lacal medicine application. Parameters including plaque index (PLI), sulcular bleeding index (SBI) and probing depth (PD) of pockets were measured at baseline ,1,4 and 8 weeks after treatment. RE SULTS: Two treatments significantly decreased PLI, SBI and PD; however the effect of minocycline hydrochloride treatment was lasting longer than that of metronidazole. CONCLUSION; Local application with minocycline hydro chloride or metronidazole was effective for dental peri - implantitis.
Keywords：peri-implantitisminocycline hydrochloridemetronidazole
Publication Date：2009-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 662-665 )