Predictors of long-term outcomes in patients undergoing periodontal maintenance.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This retrospective study aimed to characterize the baseline status of patients following periodontal maintenance, analysing the association between the long-term outcome of these patients, smoking, bruxism, and the main clinical and radiographic variables.

Material and methods

A sample of 174 patients with moderate to severe periodontitis was refined into homogeneous subsamples according to smoking and bruxism and the rate of tooth loss due to periodontal disease (TLPD): 0, 1-2, and >2 teeth. The association and the distribution (χ² test) of the variables within the subsamples were analysed.

Results

Smoking and bruxism were significantly associated with higher TLPD rates. Vertical and circumferential bone defects (p < .0001), and abfractions (p < .0001) were assoc

SUBMITTER: Martinez-Canut P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5519943 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature