UNLABELLED Periodontitis is a complex disease that has both oral and systemic consequences. The treatment of periodontitis may be both surgical and non-surgical but, in recent years, there has been a shift towards managing disease non-surgically in preference to surgery. Fundamental to all types of therapy is the patient's role in disease control, in the form of self-performed plaque control, a...

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 Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge and behavior medical doctors about toothbrush disinfection. 
 Methods: This included 170 (63 females, 107 males). Participants filled out standard questionnaires which contained 18 items into three parts: demographic data, personal oral hygiene practices-patient recommendations disinfection, Data analyses were pe...

Background and Objectives: The new CDC guideline for hand hygiene recommends either to use an antimicrobial soap or an alcohol-based hand rub supplemented with agents conferring persistent activity for surgical hand antisepsis. The most common agent which is thought to offer this latter type of effect is chlorhexidine gluconate. However, although often claimed, this effect has, to the best of o...