title: Full mouth versus quadrant treatment in chronic periodontitis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this review is to discuss the evidence for the management of chronic periodontitis, including methods of non-surgical therapy such as full mouth disinfection, full mouth debridement and conventional quadrant-by-quadrant therapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Manual searches of Medline and Embase databases provided the relevant studies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Multiple randomised controlled trials (RCTs) selected for the paper failed to show any significant differences between the quadrant-wise treatment and full mouth debridement and modalities.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This review demonstrates that there is no known difference in treatment outcomes between full mouth debridement and traditional quadrant therapy. Further RCTs are necessary to assess clinical effectiveness of chemical adjunct use.
authors.forename: Anjana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sagar
mesh_terms: D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local / Q000627:therapeutic use; D055113:Chronic Periodontitis / Q000628:therapy*; D012534:Dental Scaling / Q000379:methods; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D057747:Periodontal Debridement / Q000379:methods; D010514:Periodontal Pocket / Q000628:therapy; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local