ARESTIN® and working with your dental professional


	ARESTIN^® Home Understanding gum disease Understanding gum disease • How gum infections happen • Symptoms of gum disease • Stages of gum disease • Treating gum disease How ARESTIN^® helps How ARESTIN^® helps • The safety of ARESTIN^® • Working with your dental professional Paying for ARESTIN^® Paying for ARESTIN^® Caring for your teeth and gums Common questions	Form a partnership with your dental professional To get the most from your treatment, you need to partner with your dental professional. What does this mean? It means taking action and accepting the treatment your dental professional has recommended. Don’t delay your treatment When you’re told you need scaling and root planing (SRP), book the appointment right away. Untreated, periodontal (gum) disease may lead to painful and expensive surgery. Remember, your gums and teeth can’t begin to improve until bacteria that cause gum disease are under control. Take it from the professionals Dental professionals recommend ARESTIN^® with SRP because it makes treatment more effective than SRP alone. Ask how ARESTIN^® helps ARESTIN^® is a locally administered antibiotic that is used along with SRP. ARESTIN^® kills bacteria that SRP can’t reach. This delays bacteria from returning as your gums heal. If my dental professional is already using scaling and root planing (SRP) to treat my periodontal (gum) disease, can ARESTIN^® help? Yes. ARESTIN^® with SRP is more effective than SRP alone. ARESTIN^® is placed directly into the infected site and can kill bacteria that cause the disease. Learn how to pay for your ARESTIN^® treatmentContinue

While ARESTIN^® has been demonstrated along with SRP to reduce pocket depth and bacteria in patients with periodontal disease, it has not been proven in clinical trials to reduce tooth loss.

INDICATION
ARESTIN^® is indicated as an adjunct to scaling and root planing (SRP) procedures for reduction of pocket depth in patients with adult periodontitis. ARESTIN^® may be used as part of a periodontal maintenance program, which includes good oral hygiene and SRP.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
ARESTIN^® should not be used in any patient who has a known sensitivity to minocycline or tetracyclines. The use of drugs of the tetracycline class during tooth development may cause permanent discoloration of the teeth, and therefore should not be used in children or in pregnant or nursing women. Hypersensitivity reactions that included, but were not limited to, anaphylaxis, angioneurotic edema, urticaria, rash, swelling of the face, and pruritus have been reported with the use of ARESTIN^®. In clinical trials, the most frequently reported nondental treatment-emergent adverse events were headache, infection, flu syndrome, and pain.

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