Influence of different post-interventional maintenance concepts on periodontal outcomes: an evaluation of three systematic reviews

Gartenmann, Stefanie J; Dörig, Iris; Sahrmann, Philipp; Held, Ulrike; Walter, Clemens; Schmidlin, Patrick R

doi:10.1186/s12903-016-0244-6

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Gartenmann, S. J., Dörig, I., Sahrmann, P., Held, U., Walter, C., & Schmidlin, P. R. (2016). Influence of different post-interventional maintenance concepts on periodontal outcomes: an evaluation of three systematic reviews. BMC Oral Health, 17(1), 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-016-0244-6

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BACKGROUND To selectively review the existing literature on post-interventional maintenance protocols in patients with periodontal disease receiving either non-surgical or surgical periodontal treatment. METHODS Three systematic reviews with different periodontal interventions, i.e. scaling and root planing (SRP), SRP with adjunctive antibiotics or regenerative periodontal surgery were evaluated focusing on their post-interventional maintenance care. Due to the early publication of one review an additional literature search update