JOURNAL OF PERIODONTOLOGY, vol.77, no.3, pp.437-443, 2006 (SCI-Expanded)
Background: The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of a chlorhexidine chip on crevicular prostaglandin E-2 (PGE(2)) levels and on the clinical and microbiological parameters of periodontitis when used as adjunctive therapy to scaling and root planing (SRP) in patients with chronic periodontitis.