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- Title
Supportive post-implant therapy: patient compliance rates and impacting factors: 3-year follow-up.
- Authors
Frisch, Eberhard; Ziebolz, Dirk; Vach, Kirstin; Ratka‐Krüger, Petra
- Abstract
Aim To evaluate patient compliance rates and influential factors regarding a systematic SIT program. Materials and methods Between 2005 and 2008, we identified all patients who were provided with implant-supported restorations in the study centre. They had been recommended to attend a SIT program with a 3-month recall. In 2012, a clinical retrospective cohort study on compliance rates over the first 3 years was performed different data were assessed in a regression analysis to identify potential influential factors. Results The inclusion criteria were met by 236 patients with 540 implants. Non-compliance rates increased over the 3 years (5.37%/7.78%/13.33%). Total non-compliance was observed in four patients (1.69%). No correlation to patient compliance was detected for 'Age,' 'Gender,' 'Cardiovascular disease,' 'Pus/suppuration,' or 'Surgical case complexity.' No decreasing effect of higher compliance rates on the patients' bleeding on probing ( BOP+) values was found, but a statistical significance between lower compliance rates and increased pocket probing depth ( PPD) was detected. The correlation between the presence of plaque and compliance did not reach statistical significance. Conclusions When patients with implant-supported restorations are strongly recommended to comply with a SIT program with a 3-month recall, considerably high rates of compliance can be achieved.
- Subjects
GERMANY; ACADEMIC medical centers; CONFIDENCE intervals; DENTAL hygiene; DENTAL implants; LONGITUDINAL method; MEDICAL records; PATIENT compliance; POSTOPERATIVE care; REGRESSION analysis; SMOKING; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Periodontology, 2014, Vol 41, Issue 10, p1007
- ISSN
0303-6979
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jcpe.12298