Title

Efficacy of Locally Delivered 1% Metformin (MF) in Treating Periodontal Intrabony Defects: A Systematic Review.

Authors

S. A., Keerthana; V., Ramya; Gita, Bagavad

Abstract

Periodontitis is characterized by destruction of supporting structures of tooth and may also lead to loss of teeth if untreated. The aim of this review is to systematically evaluate the efficacy of 1% MF in the treatment of periodontitis. An electronic search was carried out using the keywords ‘metformin’,‘periodontal’ and ‘periodontitis’ via the PubMed/Medline, ISI Web of Science and Google Scholar databases for relevant articles published from 1949 toFebruary 2019.

Subjects

TRAUMATIC bone defects; GOOGLE Scholar (Web resource); PERIODONTIUM; META-analysis; METFORMIN; ELECTRONIC information resource searching

Publication

Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 2019, Vol 10, Issue 12, p1016

ISSN

0976-0245

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.37506/v10/i12/2019/ijphrd/192260