METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF PERIODONTAL DISEASE AND A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION USEFUL IN SAID METHOD

摘要

A method for the treatment of periodontitis and a pharmaceutical composition for use in the method. According to a preferred embodiment, the method comprises administering to a mammal afflicted with periodontitis a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a polypeptide growth factor and an NSAID to regenerate dental tissue in the mammal afflicted with periodontitis and, thereafter, administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of an NSAID to prevent resorption of the newly regenerated dental tissue.