Efficacy of photodynamic therapy versus antibiotics as an adjunct to scaling and root planing in the treatment of periodontitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

It remains debatable whether aPDT is more effective as compared to adjunctive AB in the treatment of periodontitis, given that the scientific evidence is weak. Precautions must be exercised when interpreting the results of this study due to the small sample size and high heterogeneity among studies.