Newer Advances in Non-Surgical Periodontal Therapy:An Update

Periodontal disease is an inflammatory condition which involves the interaction between periodontal pathogen, acquired and environmental factors and the host. Along with the gold standard of scaling and ischolar_main planning the recent technologies play a crucial role in recognizing the disease in early stage, eradicating the periodontal pathogens and causative factors which were previously inaccessible, delivering medication without systemic complications and improved home care techniques. The present review is focused on prevailing treatment modalities of periodontitis patient, chemico-mechanical approaches of treating patients and the use of home care treatment installations to reduce the needless dental visits. The review also attempts to throw lights on the current trends and future developments in some of these treatment choices.