NCT03497065

Dental Implant Care and Oral Hygiene Practices

Awareness of Dental Implant Care and Its Correlation With Oral Hygiene Practices and the Presence of Peri-Implant Diseases

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 79 (actual)
• Sponsor: National University Health System, Singapore · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Objective: This study investigated how patients' knowledge, attitude, and perceptions influence their oral hygiene practices as well as peri-implant health. Materials and Methods: Participants with single implant crowns placed in 2007-2011 completed a questionnaire that examined their knowledge, attitude, and perceptions on oral hygiene practices and peri-implant health before receiving a periodontal examination, prophylaxis, and oral hygiene education. Clinical parameters recorded were peri-implant probing depths and plaque index, width of keratinized mucosa, implant crown characteristics, reason for tooth loss, and diagnosis of peri-implant health.

Detailed description

First, a trained clinical research dental assistant interviewed the participants and showed them pictures of oral hygiene aids so that the participants could answer the survey questions accurately. Subsequently, a periodontal examination, dental prophylaxis, and oral hygiene education were performed. Participants with active diseases e.g. caries, periodontitis, or peri-implantitis were referred for further management. The following clinical parameters were recorded during the examination: 1. Probing depths at 6 sites around the implant (mesiobuccal, midbuccal, distobuccal, distolingual, midlingual and mesiolingual) 2. Plaque index (Silness \& Loe 1964) at 4 sites around the implant (mesial, buccal, distal and lingual) 3. Amount of keratinized mucosa at the implant site 4. Characteristics of the implant crown: * Type of implant crown (screw- or cement-retained) and * Position of crown margins (supra-, equi- or sub-gingival) 5. Reason(s) for tooth loss 6. Diagnosis of peri-implant health * Normal * Mucositis, defined as 3 or more bleeding points per implant * Peri-implantitis, defined as implant thread exposure that was either clinically visible or detectable with a periodontal probe.

Conditions

• Peri-implant Mucositis
• Peri-Implantitis
• Dental Plaque

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	non-surgical periodontal treatment	scaling, root planing, polishing, and oral hygiene education was performed

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-04-01
• Primary completion: 2017-09-30
• Completion: 2017-09-30
• First posted: 2018-04-13
• Last updated: 2018-04-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Singapore