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Effect Of Supportive Periodontal Therapy On Tooth Loss In Regular And Irregular Compliant Smokers And Non-Smokers: A Systematic Review, Roudy Khayat, Jean-Marie Megarbane, Abdel Rahman Kassir, Nadim Mokbel
Effect Of Supportive Periodontal Therapy On Tooth Loss In Regular And Irregular Compliant Smokers And Non-Smokers: A Systematic Review, Roudy Khayat, Jean-Marie Megarbane, Abdel Rahman Kassir, Nadim Mokbel
International Arab Journal of Dentistry
Aim:
The aim of this systematic review is to analyze and compare tooth loss (TL) rates between regular and irregular compliant patients having different smoking habits.
Materials and Methods:
Electronic and manual literature searches were conducted by one author in several databases, including Medline (PubMed), Embase, Google Scholar. A total of 156 publications were screened. Three reviewers analyzed the articles and extracted the data. A total of 33 studies met the inclusion criteria.
Results:
A total of 30 articles were eligible for qualitative analysis, and only 3 for quantitative analysis. Compliance and smoking case definition as well as recall intervals …