Full mouth disinfection

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Full mouth disinfection typically refers to an intense course of treatment for

pathogens
coming from another oral niches like the tongue, tonsils and non-treated periodontal pocket.

Eberhard (2022)

Cochrane review (systematic review and meta-analysis
) which found modest benefit for full mouth disinfection, but the superiority (or otherwise) of the intervention had not at the time of review been conclusively demonstrated. Current recommendations support its use as equal and equivalent to other established effective treatment modalities.

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