Effectiveness of Controlled Release Chlorhexidine Chip as an Adjunctive to Scaling and Root Planning for the Treatment of Chronic Periodontitis.

Background: Chlorhexidine is considered one of the options for the management of periodontal diseases. This present study was conducted to assess the usefulness of controlled-release chlorhexidine chip in addition to scaling and root planning (SRP) while comparing with SRP alone in the treatment of chronic periodontitis clinically, microbiologically and radiographically.

Materials And Methods: This study included 20 patients age ranged from 30 to 55 years with chronic periodontitis.