Efficacy of Air-polishing on Pain Perception and Compliance Rate to Periodontal/Peri-implant Maintenance Therapy: a 2-year Follow-up Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Procedure
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

Implants have become a popular and widely used treatment option for treating partial and total edentulism. As the number of implants placed increases, so does the incidence of peri-implant mucositis and peri-implantitis. Placing patients under SPT/maintenance care has been shown to prevent and treat such conditions. Despite SPT's importance in prevention and infection control, adherence to scheduled SPT visits have been unsatisfactory. Understanding the reasons for non-compliance can help both the clinician and research community to address them by improving patients experience to those visits thereby increasing compliance.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 21
Maximum Age: 80
Healthy Volunteers: t
View:

• Partially edentulous patients, rehabilitated with at least one dental implant in the maxilla or mandible with at least 3 years of function;

• No implant mobility;

• Treated periodontal disease;

• Non-smoker or light smoking status in smokers (\<10 cigarettes/day).

Locations
Other Locations
Spain
Clínica Universitaria de Odontologia
RECRUITING
Sant Cugat Del Vallès
Contact Information
Primary
Tiago R Amaral, Dentist
tamaral@uic.es
+351916067069
Backup
Cristina V Vallès, Dentist
cristinavallveg@uic.es
Time Frame
Start Date: 2023-06-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-06-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 38
Treatments
Active_comparator: Control Group - Ultrassonic Devices
Supra and sub-gingival debridement with an ultrasonic device (DTE-D5, Woodpecker®, Guilin, China) with a plastic tip (Hu-Friedy®, Rockwell St, Chicago, IL, USA) and scaling with plastic curettes (Hu-Friedy®, Rockwell St, Chicago, IL, USA) around dental implants and a conventional metal tip for teeth will be used.
Experimental: Test Group - Erythritol based air-polishing powder
Supra and sub-gingival debridement with an erythritol based air-polishing powder (Air-Flow, EMS, Nyon, CH) will be used during 5 seconds on each site (Schwarz et al., 2015).
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Universitat Internacional de Catalunya

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