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Winkler PC, Benz L, Nickles K, Petsos HC, Eickholz P, Dannewitz B. Decision-making on systemic antibiotics in the management of periodontitis: A retrospective comparison of two concepts. J Clin Periodontol 2024; 51:1122-1133. [PMID: 38828547 DOI: 10.1111/jcpe.14003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Revised: 04/05/2024] [Accepted: 05/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
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AIM To retrospectively compare two approaches for the adjunctive use of systemic antibiotics in non-surgical periodontal therapy: one based on the detection of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (Aa) and the other on age and severity of periodontitis (Age & PPD). We also assessed the additional benefit of antibiotics in reducing the need for further surgical therapy in each group. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients of the Department of Periodontology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, were screened for microbiological testing between 2008 and 2018. Patients were categorized by their microbiological result (Aa+/-) and demographic/clinical data (Age & PPD+/-). Agreement on antibiotic indication was tested. The clinical evaluation focussed on teeth with probing pocket depths (PPDs) ≥ 6 mm. RESULTS Analysis of 425 patients revealed 30% categorized as Age & PPD+ and 34% as Aa+. Sixty-three percent had consistent antibiotic recommendations (phi coefficient 0.14, p = .004). Patients in the Age & PPD+ group receiving antibiotics showed the most substantial reduction in the number of teeth with PPD ≥ 6 mm after non-surgical periodontal therapy. CONCLUSIONS Both strategies resulted in a significant clinical improvement compared with those without antibiotic treatment and restricted antibiotic use similarly, but targeted different patient groups. Younger individuals with severe periodontitis benefited most from antibiotics, reducing the need for additional surgeries. The study was registered in an international trial register (German Clinical Trial Register number DRKS00028768, registration date 27 April 2022, https://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00028768).
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- Patrizia C Winkler
- Department of Periodontology, Center for Dentistry and Oral Medicine (Carolinum), Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Periodontology, Center for Dentistry and Oral Medicine (Carolinum), Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Periodontology, Center for Dentistry and Oral Medicine (Carolinum), Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Periodontology, Center for Dentistry and Oral Medicine (Carolinum), Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Periodontology, Center for Dentistry and Oral Medicine (Carolinum), Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Periodontology, Center for Dentistry and Oral Medicine (Carolinum), Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, Frankfurt, Germany
- Private Dental Practice, Weilburg, Germany
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de Oliveira VXR, Soares PBF, Jorge GS, de Oliveira APL, Pigossi SC, de Oliveira GJPL. Effect of photobiomodulation with different wavelengths on periodontal repair in non-hyperglycemic and hyperglycemic rats. J Periodontal Res 2024. [PMID: 39129240 DOI: 10.1111/jre.13332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2024] [Revised: 07/09/2024] [Accepted: 07/24/2024] [Indexed: 08/13/2024]
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BACKGROUND Hyperglycemic conditions is associated with more severe periodontitis and poorer outcomes after nonsurgical periodontal treatment (NPT). Then, these patients are candidates for adjunctive therapy associated with NPT. This study evaluates the effect of photobiomodulation (PBMT) at different wavelengths on periodontal repair in non-hyperglycemic/hyperglycemic animals. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty-four rats were submitted to induction of periodontitis by ligatures. Hyperglycemia was induced in half of these animals, whereas the other half remained non-hyperglycemic. The animals were subdivided into 4 groups according to the PBMT protocol applied at the time of ligature removal (n = 8): CTR: Without PBMT; IRL: PBMT with infrared laser (808 nm); RL: PBMT with red laser (660 nm); and RL-IRL: PBMT with red (660 nm) and infrared laser (808 nm). After a period of 7 days, the animals were euthanized. The parameters assessed by microtomography were the bone volume relative to total tissue volume (BV/TV%), distance from the cemento-enamel junction to the top of the bone crest (CEJ-CB), trabecular thickness, space between trabeculae, and number of trabeculae. Additionally, the percentage of inflammatory cells, blood vessels, and connective tissue matrix were assessed by histomorphometric analysis. RESULTS PBMT reduced bone loss and increased trabecular density in hyperglycemic animals (p < .05), with RL being more effective in reducing linear bone loss (CEJ-CB), whereas RL-IRL was more effective in maintaining BV/TV%. PBMT reduced blood vessels and increased the connective tissue component in hyperglycemic animals (p < .05). RL-IRL reduced inflammatory cells regardless of the systemic condition of the animal (p < .05). CONCLUSION PBMT (RL, RL-IRL) improves the repair of periodontal tissues in hyperglycemic animals.
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- Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia - UFU, Uberlândia, Brazil
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- Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia - UFU, Uberlândia, Brazil
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- Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia - UFU, Uberlândia, Brazil
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Atieh MA, Shah M, Hakam A, Alghafri M, Tawse-Smith A, Alsabeeha N. Systemic azithromycin versus amoxicillin/metronidazole as an adjunct in the treatment of periodontitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Aust Dent J 2024; 69:4-17. [PMID: 37875345 DOI: 10.1111/adj.12991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 10/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND The use of systemic azithromycin (AZT) and amoxicillin/metronidazole (AMX/MTZ) as adjuncts provided additional clinical and microbiological benefits over subgingival instrumentation alone. However, the superiority of one antibiotic regimen over another has not been proven. Therefore, the aim of this systematic review and meta-analyses was to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of subgingival instrumentation (SI) in conjunction with the systemic use of AZT or AMX/MTZ for the treatment of periodontitis from current published literature. METHODS Electronic databases were searched to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs), controlled clinical trials, prospective and retrospective human studies that compared the adjunctive use of systemic AZT to AMX/MTZ with SI in the treatment of periodontitis. The eligibility criteria were defined based on the participant (who had periodontitis), intervention (SI with adjunctive use of systemic AZT), comparison (SI with adjunctive use of systemic AMX/MTZ), outcomes (primary outcome: changes in probing pocket). The risk of bias was assessed using the Cochrane Collaboration's Risk of Bias tool. Data were analysed using a statistical software program. RESULTS Five studies with 151 participants with periodontitis were included in the present review. Of these, 74 participants received adjunctive AZT, while the remaining participants received AMX/MTZ as an adjunct to SI. The adjunctive use of AZT and AMX/MTZ had comparable changes in probing pocket depths at 1-3 months with no statistically significant difference (mean difference (MD) 0.01; 95% CI -0.20 to 0.22; P = 0.94). The adjunctive use of AZT had significantly fewer number of residual sites with probing pocket depths of ≥5 mm at 1-3 months compared to the adjunctive use of AMX/MTZ (MD -3.41; 95% CI -4.73 to -2.10; P < 0.0001). The prevalence rates of adverse events among participants who received AZT and AMX/MTZ were 9.80% and 14.8%, respectively. The meta-analysis showed that the difference between the two groups was not statistically significant (risk ratio 0.69; 95% CI 0.28 to 1.72; P = 0.43). CONCLUSIONS Within the limitation of this review, there was no superiority between AZT and AMX/MTZ in terms of mean changes in probing pocket depths, clinical attachment level, bleeding on probing at 1-3 months. AZT seem to be associated with less sites with residual probing pocket depths of ≥5 mm at 1-3 months and fewer adverse events compared with AMX/MTZ. © 2023 Australian Dental Association.
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- M A Atieh
- Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hamdan Bin Mohammed College of Dental Medicine, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Sir John Walsh Research Institute, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
- School of Dentistry, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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- Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hamdan Bin Mohammed College of Dental Medicine, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hamdan Bin Mohammed College of Dental Medicine, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hamdan Bin Mohammed College of Dental Medicine, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- Sir John Walsh Research Institute, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Dental Services, Emirates Health Services, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Hagenfeld D, Kleine Bardenhorst S, Matern J, Prior K, Harks I, Eickholz P, Lorenz K, Kim TS, Kocher T, Meyle J, Kaner D, Schlagenhauf U, Harmsen D, Ehmke B. Long-term changes in the subgingival microbiota in patients with stage III-IV periodontitis treated by mechanical therapy and adjunctive systemic antibiotics: A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. J Clin Periodontol 2023; 50:1101-1112. [PMID: 37160709 DOI: 10.1111/jcpe.13824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Revised: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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AIM To explore whether adjunctive antibiotics can relevantly influence long-term microbiota changes in stage III-IV periodontitis patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial on periodontal therapy with adjunctive 500 mg amoxicillin and 400 mg metronidazole or placebo thrice daily for 7 days. Subgingival plaque samples were taken before and 2, 8, 14 and 26 months after mechanical therapy. The V4-hypervariable region of the 16S rRNA gene was sequenced with Illumina MiSeq 250 base pair paired-end reads. Changes at the ribosomal sequence variant (RSV) level, diversity and subgingival-microbial dysbiosis index (SMDI) were explored with a negative binomial regression model and non-parametric tests. RESULTS Overall, 50.2% of all raw reads summed up to 72 RSVs (3.0%) that were generated from 163 stage III-IV periodontitis patients. Of those, 16 RSVs, including Porphyromonas gingivalis, Tannerella forsythia and Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, changed significantly over 26 months because of adjunctive systemic antibiotics. SMDI decreased significantly more in the antibiotic group at all timepoints, whereas the 2-month differences in alpha and beta diversity between groups were not significant at 8 and 14 months, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Mechanical periodontal therapy with adjunctive antibiotics induced a relevant and long-term sustainable change towards an oral microbiome more associated with oral health.
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- Daniel Hagenfeld
- Department of Periodontology and Operative Dentistry, Muenster University Hospital, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Periodontology and Operative Dentistry, Muenster University Hospital, Münster, Germany
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Periodontology and Operative Dentistry, Muenster University Hospital, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Periodontology and Operative Dentistry, Muenster University Hospital, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Periodontology and Operative Dentistry, Muenster University Hospital, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Periodontology, Center for Dentistry and Oral Medicine, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Periodontology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Section of Periodontology, Department of Conservative Dentistry, Clinic for Oral, Dental and Maxillofacial Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Restorative Dentistry, Periodontology, Endodontology, and Preventive and Pediatric Dentistry, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Periodontology, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Periodontology and Synoptic Dentistry, Charite-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Periodontology, Dental School, Faculty of Health, University of Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany
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- Department of Periodontology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Periodontology and Operative Dentistry, Muenster University Hospital, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Periodontology and Operative Dentistry, Muenster University Hospital, Münster, Germany
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Analysis of the Oral Microbiome in a Patient with Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome and Severe Periodontal Disease: Impact of Systemic Antibiotic Therapy. Antibiotics (Basel) 2022; 11:antibiotics11121754. [PMID: 36551411 PMCID: PMC9774349 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11121754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Revised: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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An 8-year-old girl diagnosed with cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome presented to our department with gingival pain, inflammation, and bleeding. Her medical history included hypoplasia of the corpus callosum, intellectual disability, trichothiodystrophy, global developmental delay, myopia, laryngomalacia, hypothyroidism, and osteoporosis. A diagnosis was reached of "periodontitis as a direct manifestation of systemic diseases". During 9 years of follow-up, there were exacerbation episodes with spontaneous gum bleeding, ulcers in the interdental papilla, tooth mobility, and progressive tooth loss. Some of these exacerbation episodes resolved clinically with the administration of amoxicillin and metronidazole. We therefore proposed an oral microbiome study (subgingival and saliva samples) before and after antibiotic therapy. The most abundant genera at the subgingival level before administering antibiotics were Prevotella, Streptococcus, Fusobacterium, Leptotrichia, and Aggregatibacter. Of the 94 genera sequenced, 57 were less abundant in the post-treatment state than at baseline, particularly certain Gram-negative periodontal pathogens such as Porphyromonas, Treponema, Aggregatibacter, Fusobacterium, and Campylobacter. In contrast, other genera related to oral health, such as Haemophilus, Granulicatella, and Abiotrophia, showed an increase after administering the antibiotic. In conclusion, periodontitis exacerbations as a direct manifestation of systemic disease can occasionally be controlled exclusively with systemic antibiotics, without the need for performing mechanical periodontal therapy. This clinical recovery is correlated to substantial changes in the oral microbiome, which lead to the recovery of eubiosis of the microbiota.
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