Prepared for:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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Rockville, Maryland 20850

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Contract No. 290-97-0011

Prepared by:

RTI International-University of North Carolina Evidence-based Practice Center

Research Triangle Park

North Carolina

Investigators

Arthur J. Bonito, Ph.D.

Kathleen N. Lohr, Ph.D.

Linda Lux, M.P.A.

Sonya Sutton, B.S.P.H.

Anne Jackman, M.S.W.

Lynn Whitener, Dr.P.H.

Christian Evensen, M.S.

AHRQ Publication No. 04-E014-2

March 2004

ISBN: 1-58763-143-1

ISSN: 1530-4396

This document is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without permission except those copyrighted materials noted for which further reproduction is prohibited without the specific permission of copyright holders.

Suggested Citation:

Arthur J. Bonito AJ, Lohr KN, Lux L, Sutton S, Jackman A, Whitener L, Evensen C. Effectiveness of Antimicrobial Adjuncts to Scaling and Root Planing Therapy for Periodontitis.Vol. 1. Evidence Report and Appendixes. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 88 (Prepared by RTI International-University of North Carolina Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-97-0011) AHRQ Publication No. 04-E014-2. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. March 2004.

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