Evidence Gaps

What do systematic reviews say?

1 questions · 3 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 2 · 66.7%Very low 1 · 33.3%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Percentage of bleeding on probing (BOP) · Adults with periodontitis (chronic and aggressive)

Azithromycin + SRP led to lower percentage of bleeding on probing (BOP) compared with SRP; GRADE not reported.

3 findings from 1 review

Adjunctive systemic antimicrobials for the non‐surgical treatment of periodontitis 2020 · Cochrane All outcomes
Intermediate-term (> 3 months to < 1 year)
MD -3.32 [-6.23, -0.42]
6 studies · 228 participants
GRADE not reported
Adjunctive systemic antimicrobials for the non‐surgical treatment of periodontitis 2020 · Cochrane All outcomes
Long-term (≥ 1 year)
MD -1.28 [-4.32, 1.76]
2 studies · 110 participants
Very low
Adjunctive systemic antimicrobials for the non‐surgical treatment of periodontitis 2020 · Cochrane All outcomes
Short-term (≤ 3 months)
MD -3.18 [-7.01, 0.65]
6 studies · 216 participants
GRADE not reported