Aim of the study:Comparison of the effect of low dose doxycycline(20mg capsule) and licorice(490mg tablet) as adjunctive therapy in chronic periodontitis.
Randomized, single blind, controlled with placebo, single center.
A total of 45 patients with mild to moderate chronic periodontitis.
Inclusion criteria: Physically healthy patients, 25-45 years old and with plaque index under 30%.
exclusion criteria: The patients with systemic diseases, pregnant and lactescent women,the patients receiving each drug or antibiotic during 6 months ago, sensitivity to kinds of antibiotic, the patients who had scaling or gum surgery and smokers.
After Oral hygiene education to three groups, A 20mg doxycycline capsule was prescribed and given to each patient in the first group daily, the second group was prescribed and given a 490mg licorice tablet per day, and the third group as control group was prescribed and given a placebo capsule per day.
The time of intervention was 6 weeks.
The primary outcomes: Plaque Index(PI), Pocket Depth(PD), Clinical Attachment Loss(CAL), Bleedig On Probing(BOP).