DOI: 10.36347/sjds.2018.v05i04.006

Pages: 200-206

This literature reviewed antibiotic susceptibility of periodontal microorganisms. Information about disease causing periodontal pathogens, concepts of bacterial etiology of periodontal diseases, various antibiotic susceptibility tests and antibiotic susceptibility of periodontal organisms and its mechanism of action was demonstrated. Periodontitis is a bacterial disease that can be treated with systemic antibiotics, to provide the patient with an appropriate antibiotic therapy, antibiotic susceptibility testing is performed to guide the clinician in decision making. Susceptibility testing has long been recognized as an important tool in determining the effect of an antimicrobial agent on pathogenic bacteria.