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Supportive post‐implant therapy: patient compliance rates and impacting factors: 3‐year follow‐up
Author(s) -
Frisch Eberhard,
Ziebolz Dirk,
Vach Kirstin,
RatkaKrüger Petra
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.456
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1600-051X
pISSN - 0303-6979
DOI - 10.1111/jcpe.12298
Subject(s) - medicine , statistical significance , compliance (psychology) , clinical significance , retrospective cohort study , implant , patient compliance , dentistry , physical therapy , surgery , emergency medicine , psychology , social psychology
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.

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