METHOD OF AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING DESTRUCTIVE PERIODONTAL DISEASE

摘要

There are described compositions of 2-(2,6-dichloro-3-methylphenylamino)benzoic acid and its physiologically acceptable salts which are effective in inhibiting the conversion of gingivitis to periodontitis and thus useful in treating destructive periodontal disease. The therapeutic agent can be applied directly to the gingival tissue in a topically administerable pharmaceutical composition or can be introduced and released in the buccal cavity for contact with the gingival tissue through the fluid motion present in the mouth.