THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MAINTENANCE CARE IN THE TREATMENT OF PERIODONTAL-DISEASE
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MAINTENANCE CARE IN THE TREATMENT OF PERIODONTAL-DISEASE
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1600-051x.1981.tb02039.x
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
LINDHE, J
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作者:
AXELSSON, P;LINDHE, J
The efficacy of a maintenance care program to prevent recurrence of disease was assessed in patients subjected to treatment of advanced periodontitis. The periodontal status was monitored of a group of patients who, following the end of active treatment, were referred back to general practitioners for maintenance care. The material consisted of 90 patients who in 1972 were referred for specialist treatment of advanced periodontal disease. The patients were first subjected to an initial examination including assessment of oral hygiene, gingivitis, probing depths and attachment levels. They were given case presentation, on an individual basis instructed how to practice proper proper tooth-cleaning methods, their teeth were scaled and eventually the periodontal pockets were treated using the modified Widman technique. During the 1st 2 mo. following surgery the patients were recalled once every 2 wk for professional tooth cleaning. Two mo. after the end of surgical treatment, the patients were reexamined to provide baseline data. Every 3rd patient was thereafter referred back to the general dentist for maintenance care. Two out of 3 patients were maintained in a carefully designed and controlled maintenance care program at the university clinic. This program involved recalls once every 2-3 mo. and included instruction and practice in oral hygiene, meticulous scaling and professional tooth cleaning. The patients were reexamined 3 and 6 yr after the baseline examination. In patients suffering from destructive periodontitis, a treatment program that involved oral hygiene instruction, scaling, root planing and modified Widman flap procedures resulted in the establishment of clinically healthy gingiva and shallow pockets. Patients who were placed on a carefully designed recall program were, over a 6-yr period, able to maintain excellent oral hygiene standards and unaltered attachment levels. In contrast, patients who, subsequent to active treatment, were not maintained in a supervised program showed obvious signs of recurrent periodontitis at the follow-up examinations.