TY  - JOUR
AU  - Kocher, Thomas
AU  - Lösler, Karoline
AU  - Pink, Christiane
AU  - Grabe, Hans Jörgen
AU  - Holtfreter, Birte
TI  - Effect of Discontinuation of Supportive Periodontal Therapy on Periodontal Status-A Retrospective Study.
JO  - Journal of clinical periodontology
VL  - 52
IS  - 1
SN  - 0303-6979
CY  - Oxford [u.a.]
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
M1  - DZNE-2025-00020
SP  - 113 - 124
PY  - 2025
AB  - To assess the impact of active (APT) and supportive periodontal therapy (SPT) on the change in probing depth (PD) and annual tooth loss in partially and fully compliant and drop-out patients.Data of 280 periodontally treated partially and fully compliant (regular supportive visits, SPT duration 5.5 ± 4.5 years) and 55 drop-out patients (SPT and drop-out duration 8.3 ± 3.8 years, only drop-out duration 5.3 ± 3.7 years) were recorded. PD data and the number of teeth present at the start of APT (T1) and at the start of SPT (T2) were taken from the patient files and evaluated at the time of the final examination (T3).Annual tooth loss during SPT was significantly higher (p < 0.001) in drop-out patients than in partially and fully compliant patients (0.31 ± 0.50 vs. 0.19 ± 0.55, respectively). In partially and fully compliant and drop-out patients, the mean PD (all available site data) decreased significantly between T1 (3.61 ± 0.82 vs. 3.70 ± 0.73 mm) and T2 (2.68 ± 0.40 vs. 2.76 ± 0.42 mm), while the values increased again slightly up to T3 (2.74 ± 0.41 vs. 2.99 ± 0.75 mm).In partially and fully compliant patients, SPT had a positive impact on PD stability and medium-term tooth preservation. In contrary to expectations, drop-out patients, PD did not return to baseline values, although PD stability was not achieved.
KW  - Humans
KW  - Retrospective Studies
KW  - Tooth Loss
KW  - Female
KW  - Male
KW  - Middle Aged
KW  - Patient Compliance
KW  - Periodontal Pocket: therapy
KW  - Adult
KW  - Patient Dropouts: statistics & numerical data
KW  - Periodontal Index
KW  - Aged
KW  - Follow-Up Studies
KW  - Chronic Periodontitis: therapy
KW  - annual tooth loss (Other)
KW  - compliance (Other)
KW  - periodontitis (Other)
KW  - supportive periodontal therapy (Other)
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:39238127
C2  - pmc:PMC11671164
DO  - DOI:10.1111/jcpe.14062
UR  - https://pub.dzne.de/record/274039
ER  -