Although scaling and root planing (SRP) is effective at reducing plaque and some bacteria in periodontal pockets, it doesn’t kill all of the bacteria causing the infection. SRP is a mechanical procedure and the instruments used to perform SRP cannot always reach the bacteria that reside at the bottom of deep or difficult to reach periodontal pockets. For these pockets, we often add a locally administered antibiotic called ARESTIN immediately afater SRP.
This comprehensive approach provides patients with two therapies that work simultaneously to help kill the harmfull bacteria that cause perodotnal disease-so the the infection becomes more easily managed and won’t immediately return.