Medical Uses
- Treatment
- Bacterial infection
- Protozoan infection, e.g., metronidazole is effective against several parasitics
- Immunomodulation, e.g., tetracycline, which is effective in periodontal inflammation, and dapsone, which is effective in autoimmune diseases such as oral mucous membrane pemphigoid
- Prevention of infection
- Surgical wound
- Dental antibiotic prophylaxis
- Conditions of neutropenia, e.g. cancer-related
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