[Motivation and maintenance in periodontal therapy. Experiences of a periodontal practitioner in Brussels].
Periodontal disease is often a chronic and recurrent disease and therapy success is influenced by the quality of oral hygiene, professionally delivered maintenance and compliance of patients towards regular recall programs. In this paper the significance, objectives and organisation of maintenance in the periodontal practice are discussed and guidelines to minimize noncompliance are given. The responsibility of the dental corps in the organisation of maintenance in a qualitative and economically acceptable way is discussed. In order to provide our patients with important maintenance care, auxiliary dental personal, such as hygienists, should legally be allowed to work in the Belgian dental office. In a retrospective study, compliance of patients towards maintenance in a periodontal specialist practice in Brussels was investigated. Of 274 patients enrolled in a recall program only 65% reacted after receiving a recall reminder. Patients treated surgically responded in 76.5% and 47.2% of the patients treated by non-surgical means returned; there was a slight but statistically significant difference in compliance between Dutch (67.5%) and French (59%) speaking patients.
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D001530:Belgium; D005006:Ethnicity; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D010517:Periodontics; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012189:Retrospective Studies
Motivation et maintenance dans la thérapie parodontale. Expériences d'une pratique de parodontologie à Bruxelles.