title: Compliance with supportive periodontal therapy. Part II: Risk of non-compliance in a 10-year period.
abstract: Supportive periodontal therapy (SPT) is needed for the success of periodontal therapy; however, patient compliance is poor. Part II of this study analyzes compliance during a 10-year period in an attempt to identify the profile of patients with a higher risk of becoming non-compliant. Data from the records of 874 patients from a private periodontal clinic who had completed active periodontal treatment up to 10 years before and had begun supportive periodontal therapy were analyzed for risk of non-compliance and compliance. The factors evaluated were gender (326 males and 548 females), type of therapy (surgical or non-surgical) and age (< or = 30 years, 31 to 40, 41 to 50, and > or = 51 years old) and the association amongst them. In the period studied, compliance with SPT was 45.8%. Forty-three percent of males and 47% of females discontinued SPT. In the surgical group 43.9% were non-compliant and in the non-surgical group 53.2% were non-compliant. Fifty-nine percent of the patients < or = 30 years of age were also non-compliant. Female patients < or = 30 years and > or = 51 years of age that underwent non-surgical therapy were found to be of higher risk for non-compliance in the 10-year period studied.
authors.affiliation: Discipline of Periodontics, Faculty of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. novaesjr@forp.usp.br
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authors.lastname: Novaes
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authors.lastname: Novaes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D012534:Dental Scaling; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D016745:Root Planing; D012737:Sex Factors; D016312:Treatment Refusal