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Periodontal care in general practice: 20 important FAQs - Part two

British Dental Journal volume 227, pages 875–880 (2019)Cite this article

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This is the second in a two-part series that aims to summarise answers to common questions facing dentists in general practice. The first part of this series is entitled 'Periodontal care in general practice: 20 important FAQs − Part one' (Br Dent J 2019;226: 850-854) and contains the first set of ten FAQs.

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  • 24 January 2020

    Author's correction note: When this article was initially published, the following boxes in Table 1 were incorrect: In the top row of the Dosage column, 'Doxycyline 200 mg (loading dose), 100 mg OD for 14 days' should have read 'Doxycyline 200 mg (loading dose), 100 mg OD for 21 days' In the top r...

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    Iain Chapple

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Wadia, R., Chapple, I. Periodontal care in general practice: 20 important FAQs - Part two. Br Dent J 227, 875–880 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-019-0944-9

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