Table 4.

Recommendations of the various researchers, experts, and professional guidelines for the antibiotics prescribed in pediatric dental practice

Author/Year	Periodontal Disease	Antibiotic Of Choice
Al-Ghutaimel et al [49](2014) 50	Acute Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis Aggressive periodontitis	Penicillin or erythromycin (for 5 days) Flagyl (Metronidazole)- eliminates acute symptoms rapidly Tetracycline alone or with metronidazole followed by metronidazole in combination with amoxicillin in the presence of tetracycline resistance.
Dar-Odeh et al.[4](2018)	Aggressive Periodontitis Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis Pericoronitis	Amoxicillin AND Metronidazole Patients allergic to penicillin:  Azithromycin (3 days) OR Metronidazole  Amoxicillin (3 days) Penicillin allergic patients:  Metronidazole (3 days)  Amoxicillin (3 days) Penicillin allergic patients:  Metronidazole (3 days)
AAPD Guidelines[35,36]	Localized Aggressive periodontitis and chronic periodontitis Necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis/periodontitis	Tetracyclines or Combination of tetracycline and metronidazole. Metronidazole in combination with amoxicillin has also been utilized If the patient is febrile- Metronidazole and penicillin.
Muppa et al.[50](2016)	Localized Aggressive periodontitis	Amoxicillin along with metrogyl for 15 days.
SDCEP Clinical guidelines[40]	Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis and Pericoronitis	Metronidazole: (3-day regimen). or Amoxicillin