[Pharmacology and periodontology].

In all inflammatory marginal peridontal diseases. removal of subgingival calculus cannot be replaced byhe B.D.Z. (Federal Association of German Dentists) in 1973 "Informations on dental therapeutical drugs" (5th edition) in which not more than 10 drugs for the treatment of periodontal diseases are mentioned. But this also means that research should intensively deal with the problems of pharmacologically influencing perodontal disease. Important items of furure periodontal research are: prevention of plaque and subgingival calculus, influencing a pathological oral flora, fighting inflammations as well as therapy of endogenous periodontal diseases