Asistencia del paciente a las citas de mantenimiento con implantes. Estudio de cohorte retrospectivo

Abstract

Introduction. Dental implant maintenance is carried with an adequate oral hygiene and regular checks up with the aim to control dental plaque. Objective. Analyze patient attendance to the recommended implants checks up. Materials and Methods. Aretrospective cohortstudy was carried out of all patients in one of the service centers of the Master of Oral Surgery and Implantology Virgen de la Paloma hospital, between the years 2006- 2013. Descriptive inferential statistical analysis to find the relative risk was performed using the program Epidat 3.1. Results. The study evaluated 219 medical histories, 25 were rejected as incomplete. Of the remaining 389 medical records, 212 were women and 177 men. Men most often attend to the maintenance of implants, although in the first year, attendance at the reviews falls to 42%. A relative risk of 0.92 for the twelve months was obtained. Discussion. In the present study included the lack of work thereon. In addition, we should mention two possible biases: incomplete medical history and implants included in this study were placed by graduate students enrolled. Conclusion. Most of the patients do not come to set periodic review, so it is necessary to establish maintenance programs and patient education.