Adherence to supportive periodontal treatment in relation to patient awareness.

Background To evaluate the risk profile of noncompliant patients in relation to adherence to supportive periodontal therapy in order to identify factors associated with this profile, and be able to prevent the abandonment of periodontal therapy. Material and Methods This cross-sectional observational and comparative study was carried out on the patients who attended the Periodontics department of a University in Valencia (by a questionnaire and followed-up the periodontal supportive therapy through the medical history.) 220 patients were interviewed and gave their informed consent and data release permission before taking part in the study, which was approved by the Ethics Committee (UCV/20…