title: Compliance with supportive periodontal therapy.
abstract: Analysis of 1,280 private patient records from a periodontal clinic showed poor compliance with supportive periodontal therapy (SPT). Data were analyzed according to sex, age, and type of treatment (with or without periodontal surgery). Analysis showed that 25.2% of the patients never returned and among those who report for SPT, only 40.1% did so regularly; the percent of surgical cases was greater (70.7%) and those patients had better compliance (77.6%); compliance of women was greater (76.5%); abandonment of supportive periodontal treatment was high (66.7%), and compliance increased with age. Several suggestions concerning clinical procedures are offered with the objective of motivating patients to give the necessary importance to supportive periodontal therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Novaes
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Novaes
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Moraes
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Grisi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010352:Patient Dropouts; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D011331:Private Practice; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D016312:Treatment Refusal