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Biotech / Medical : Don't Floss, You Lose - (ATRX) To the RESCUE. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Arthur Radley who wrote (53)	2/26/1999 8:58:00 PM
From: patlew	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 182

I think you may have the wrong impression from this report. For example: "It should be noted that mean probing depth reduction (1.3 mm) and gain of clinical attachment (0.8mm) are considered limited alterations in patients with advanced periodontitis. Therefore, the magnitude of expected results need to be considered by each practitioner in light of the severity of the defects being treated." And: "Each practitioner must determine the usefulness of Atridox in light of the available data and the needs of the individual patient. Thus, further studies are warranted to determine the long-term benefits for use of Atridox as an adjunct to root planing and scaling." Notice the words "adjunct to root planing and scaling". If you, or anyone else, thinks that Atridox will eliminate the need for removing supra- and/or sub-gingival calculus you are wrong. Perhaps you are referring to refractory periodontitis, when nothing else works;however, the Academy states that other forms of periodontitis have not been tested. I think that a patient would want to be treated with SRP if his periodontist or family dentist recommended it as a part of a comprehensive tx plan. I know that the public can be misled by thinking they know more than a well trained professional; they do so at their own peril because they can always find someone who will take their money and give them what they want even if it is wrong. Atridox may be a great adjunct but it is only an adjunct. SRP is always higher in the tx flow chart, right after oral hygiene instruction, than antimicrobials. If you can not clean it and keep it clean, all else fails.