Non-Surgical
Antimicrobial Periodontal
Therapy: 30 Years
Experience & Perspective
In
2006, Mercy Medical
Center in Baltimore
hosted a once in
a lifetime course
that will be remembered
as a landmark in
the annals of continuing
dental education.
World famous researchers
and educators who
practically invented
Anti-Infective Periodontal
Therapy all gathered
together on one stage
to present a joint
course reviewing
30 years of research
and the current state
of the art. Dr. Paul
H. Keyes, DDS, MS,
Clinical Professor
of Periodontology,
Temple University
School of Dentistry,
was one of these
lecturers.
Every lecture was
recorded for posterity
by a professional
videographer and
is available for
purchase. Available
separately is Dr.
Keyes portion of
the lecture, edited
seamlessly, with
Powerpoint slides
provided by Dr. Keyes.
Dr.
Keyes' lecture
addressed the rationale
and scientific basis
for augmenting non-surgical
periodontal therapy
with local and systemic
antimicrobial agents.
Below is the description
of his lecture in
Dr. Keyes' own words.
DR. KEYES DESCRIBES
THE LAST LECTURE
OF HIS CAREER, GIVEN
AT THE MERCY HOSPITAL
IN BALTIMORE, MD,
IN APRIL 2006
In
this DVD,
I briefly review
my research
at the National
Institute
for Dental
Research, National
Institutes
of Health,
between 1955
and 1981.
My early research
started with
colleagues
on the cause
and prevention
of tooth
decay. We discovered
that the
most active
form of dental
caries (tooth
decay) is caused
by a streptococcal
infection
that becomes
active when
sugar is not
well cleared
from the mouth
after eating,
drinking, sucking
or chewing
products that
contain this
substance.
In
1975, I
reported that
periodontal
diseases
were caused
by bacterial
infections,
which
could be arrested
non-surgically
with antibacterial
therapy
that controlled
microorganisms
not found
in disease-free
mouths.
In the early
1980s, this
finding — which
was widely
reported
in newspapers,
magazines,
and also
a congressional
report
— was
strongly
disputed
by many periodontists.
Today
it is
far less
controversial
and clinicians
who have
used it properly
have had
excellent
results.
Phase-contrast
microscopy
was used
to identify
the disease
associated
germ-life living
on the roots
of patients’ teeth
and to determine
how well
this germ-life
was being
controlled
by the germicidal
measures
I used locally,
the antibiotics
patients
took systemically,
and the antibacterial
self-care
patients
used daily
to disinfect
their teeth
and gums.
This
DVD describes
the background,
the therapeutic
measures
used, and
the excellent
results
found in patients,
some of
whom had not
been cured
by one or more
surgical
procedures.
Viewers
will find video-clips
of living
disease-associated
bacteria
seen microscopically
before
and after treatment,
and they
will see
radiographs
(X-rays)
and photographs
of teeth
and gums
before
and after healing
has taken
place.
In some cases,
patients
had remained
infection-free
for up
to 5 years.
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