| A | B |
|---|
| Antibiotic | a form of antimicrobial agent produced by or obtained from microorganisms that can kill other microorganisms or inhibit their growth |
| Antimicrobial therapy | use of specific chemical or pharmaceutical agents for the control or destruction of microorganisms |
| Bioabsorbable | available for absorption by the body |
| Biodegradable | susceptible of degradation by biological processes, as by bacterial or other enzymatic action |
| Controlled release | local delivery of a chemotherapeutic agent to a site specific area; such as that used to deliver an agent to a periodontal pocket |
| Chemotherapy | treatment by means of chemical or pharmaceutical agents |
| Refractory | not responding to usual treatment |
| Endoscopy | a minimally invasive diagnostic procedure used in medicine to examine inaccessible tissue by inserting a fiber optic tube into the body |
| Arestin | Minocycline HCL |
| Atridox | Doxycycline hyclate |
