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
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.
• 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).