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ArticleClinical oral investigations2003

Multifactorial assessment of predictors for prevention of periodontal disease progression.

Benjamin Ehmke, Thomas Beikler, Imme Haubitz, Helge Karch, Thomas Frank Flemmig

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Article in Clinical oral investigations, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Benjamin EhmkeDepartment of Periodontology, University of Münster, Waldeyerstr. 30, 48149, Münster, Germany.
Thomas Beikler
Imme Haubitz
Helge Karch
Thomas Frank Flemmig
University of Münster · DEUniversity of Würzburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Univariate approaches have identified single factors influencing periodontal disease progression. The aim of this explorative approach was to assess the influence of various predictive factors responsible for the prevention of periodontal disease progression in the same patient sample. Patients with untreated chronic periodontitis underwent subgingival debridement alone or in combination with adjunctive antimicrobial therapy (systemic amoxicillin and metronidazole/7 days plus supragingival CHX irrigation). Supportive periodontal therapy was performed over a 24-month period. As predictors, clinical, microbial, immunological, and genetic parameters were assessed. The primary outcome variable was the percentage of teeth without attachment loss >/=2 mm over the study period (stability of attachment). At 24 months, multiple regression analysis identified adjunctive antimicrobial therapy for teeth with initially at least one site showing a pocket probing depth of >/=7 mm and IgG(4) reactivity against a 110-kDa protein of A. actinomycetemcomitans at teeth with initial pocket probing depths </=6 mm as main predictors of long-term attachment stability ( p<0.05). Other parameters failed to influence treatment outcome. Adjunctive antimicrobial therapy and antibody reactivity may be dominant factors influencing the prevention of attachment loss in patients receiving periodontal therapy.

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AdultAggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitansAnalysis of VarianceAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntibodies, BacterialChronic DiseaseDental ScalingDisease ProgressionForecastingHumansInterleukin-1Periodontal IndexPeriodontitisPorphyromonas gingivalisRegression AnalysisRisk FactorsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntibodies, BacterialInterleukin-1

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