Use of doxycycline in the treatment of periodontal diseases: a brief review

Abstract

For a long time, it was considered a challange to find a drug capable to act directly in the periodontal pockets without causing adverse effects innerent to its constant use. In what it seems, recent advances in the area of periodontal pharmacology managed to achieve said results with safety thanks to several studies in the area, be that with cientific articles or by the oversight of regulatory agencies such as the FDA. The doxicycline can be used in its antimicrobial form, subantimicrobial and of controlled release, each one of the mechanisms capable of causing a positive effect in periodontal treatment depending on how it is used and if used correctly where it is indicated. It is just a matter of time until this advances in periodontal pharmacology come to all continents and to all general clinicians and periodontists that have the interest in aquairing the correct knowledge on how to use them.