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Non-Surgical And Supportive Periodontal Therapy: Predictors Of Compliance, Efthimia Effie Ioannidou
Non-Surgical And Supportive Periodontal Therapy: Predictors Of Compliance, Efthimia Effie Ioannidou
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Aim
To identify predictors of compliance during non-surgical and supportive periodontal therapy (SPT).
Materials and Methods
In this retrospective study, demographic, dental, medical data of 427 new patients in a private practice were collected. Data were analysed in statistical models with non-surgical therapy and SPT compliance used as dependent variables.
Results
Of the 427 patients, 17.3% never agreed to initial therapy, 10.7% never completed therapy and 20.8% completed treatment, but never entered SPT. Of the 218 SPT patients, 56% became non-attenders after a period of 20 months, 33% were erratic attenders and 10.5% were regular attenders until the end of …