The efficacy of systemic atorvastatin as an adjunctive therapy for treatment of chronic periodontitis and its correlation with salivary osteoprotegrin level: a randomized placebocontrolled double-blinded clinical trial

Volume 18 No 8 (2020)

Rania Shalaby1 , Walid S. Salem2 , Shaimaa El-Housiny3 , Noha F. Hassan4 , Marwa El Nawawy5

DOI: 10.14704/nq.2020.18.8.NQ20210

Abstract

Objective: To examine the efficacy of systemic atorvastatin as an adjunctive therapy for chronic periodontitis in conjunction with conventional periodontal therapy, as compared to a placebo and its correlation with changes in salivary OPG levels.

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