1. Tooth loss in periodontally compromised patients: retrospective long-term results 10 years after active periodontal therapy. Tooth-related outcomes
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Petsos, Hari, Ramich, Tatjana, Nickles, Katrin, Dannewitz, Bettina, Pfeifer, Leon, Zuhr, Otto, and Eickholz, Peter
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stomatognathic diseases ,stomatognathic system ,ddc:610 - Abstract
Background: Estimating prognosis of periodontally affected teeth at the beginning of supportive periodontal care (SPC) is an important component for further treatment planning. This study aimed to evaluate tooth loss (TL) during 10 years of SPC in periodontally compromised patients and to identify tooth-related factors affecting TL. Methods: Patients were re-examined 120 ± 12 months after accomplishment of active periodontal therapy. TL was defined as primary outcome variable and tooth-related factors (abutment status, furcation involvement [FI], tooth mobility, mean periodontal probing depth [PD], and clinical attachment level [CAL] at beginning of SPC, and initial bone loss [BL]) were estimated based on an adjusted regression analyses model. Results: Ninety-seven patients (51 females and 46 males; mean age, 65.3 ± 11 years) lost 119 of 2,323 teeth (overall TL [OTL]: 0.12 teeth/patient/y) during 10 years of SPC. Forty of these teeth (33.6%) were lost for periodontal reasons (TLP; 0.04 teeth/patient/y). Significantly more teeth were lost due to other reasons (P
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- 2021