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Tetracycline Knocking the Door, Once Again


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1 Periodontics and Implantology DBDC, Muktsar, Punjab, India
 

This editorial highlights the hidden potentials of a long forgotten antibiotic tetracycline and urges the practioners to explore its clinical usefulness.
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Vivek Sharma
Periodontics and Implantology DBDC, Muktsar, Punjab, India

Abstract


This editorial highlights the hidden potentials of a long forgotten antibiotic tetracycline and urges the practioners to explore its clinical usefulness.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18311/ijmds%2F2014%2F81255