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%

Probing pocket depth · Adults with periodontitis (chronic and aggressive)

Azithromycin + SRP led to lower probing pocket depth 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
Short-term (≤ 3 months)
MD -0.57 [-1.08, -0.07]
6 studies · 216 participants
GRADE not reported
Adjunctive systemic antimicrobials for the non‐surgical treatment of periodontitis 2020 · Cochrane All outcomes
Long-term (≥ 1 year)
MD -0.77 [-2.33, 0.79]
2 studies · 110 participants
Very low
Adjunctive systemic antimicrobials for the non‐surgical treatment of periodontitis 2020 · Cochrane All outcomes
Intermediate-term (> 3 months to < 1 year)
MD -0.60 [-1.02, -0.18]
7 studies · 258 participants
GRADE not reported