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Why Are Regular Appointments Still Needed after Periodontal Treatment Is Complete?｜證據鏈
The absence of pain and swelling after periodontal treatment is reassuring progress. Long-term management of periodontitis, however, also requires checking whether inflammation remains controlled, whether deep pockets have begun bleeding again, and whether home cleaning genuinely reaches high-risk sites. This is the role of supportive periodontal care: each appointment uses probing, bleeding, plaque, dental, and systemic risks to schedule professional cleaning and the next follow-up. “Regular appointments” means returning continuously and according to a plan; it does not mean that everyone must attend every 3 months. A systematic review of recall intervals found only 8 cohort studies and no randomised controlled trials. The authors considered the evidence for requiring the same specific interval for every patient to be weak, and called for further research into risk-based recall. The important point, therefore, is not to memorise a number of months, but to produce comparable periodontal records at every appointment and adjust the next stop according to the findings.
Why Are Regular Appointments Still Needed after Periodontal Treatment Is Complete?｜證據鏈
本頁逐條列出本卡每一個 [Fn] 標記對應的文獻出處。
- F1｜Appropriate Recall Interval for Periodontal Maintenance: A Systematic Review. [PMID:26698003] (⚠️ This article has a published erratum, PMID:27132568; we could not retrieve the erratum text, so whether it affects the figures cited here remains to be checked)（https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26698003/）
- F2｜Prevalence of stable and successfully treated periodontitis subjects and incidence of subsequent tooth loss within supportive periodontal care: A systematic review with meta-analyses. [PMID:37402624]（https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37402624/）
- F3｜The Effects of Patient Compliance in Supportive Periodontal Therapy on Tooth Loss: A systematic Review and Meta-analysis. [PMID:33512339]（https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33512339/）
- F4｜Compliance with supportive periodontal/peri-implant therapy: A systematic review. [PMID:31562778]（https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31562778/）
FAQ
- I Am No Longer in Pain. Why Do My Periodontal Pockets Still Need Measuring?
- Pain is not a complete indicator of periodontal stability. Pocket depth and bleeding on probing can reveal local changes when symptoms are not apparent — these are exactly the two measures that review used to define "stable periodontitis" (probing pocket depth ≤ 4 mm, bleeding on probing < 10%) [F2]. **Clinical attachment and cleaning status are also examined clinically, but they are not that review's endpoints, so this card does not attribute them to [F2].** Consistent records over time are needed to identify which sites are stable and which need reinforcement.[F2]
- もう痛くないのに、なぜ歯周ポケットを測る必要があるのですか？ — 痛みだけでは歯周組織の安定を完全には判断できません。歯周ポケットの深さとプロービング時出血からは、症状が目立たない時でも局所的な変化を把握できます。このレビューが「歯周組織の安定」を定義するのに用いたのは、まさにこの 2 項目です（プロービングポケットデプス 4 mm 以下、プロービング時出血 10% 未満）[F2]。**臨床的アタッチメントや清掃状態も臨床では併せて確認しますが、それらはこのレビューの判定エンドポイントではないため、本カードは [F2] に帰属させません。**前後で一貫した記録を使用して初めて、安定している部位と強化が必要な部位を判断できます。[F2]
- I Am No Longer in Pain. Why Do My Periodontal Pockets Still Need Measuring? — Pain is not a complete indicator of periodontal stability. Pocket depth and bleeding on probing can reveal local changes when symptoms are not apparent — these are exactly the two measures that review used to define "stable periodontitis" (probing pocket depth ≤ 4 mm, bleeding on probing < 10%) [F2]. **Clinical attachment and cleaning status are also examined clinically, but they are not that review's endpoints, so this card does not attribute them to [F2].** Consistent records over time are needed to identify which sites are stable and which need reinforcement.[F2]
Source anchors
- Appropriate Recall Interval for Periodontal Maintenance: A Systematic Review. [PMID:26698003]（⚠️ Erratum published: PMID:27132568 — 該文有已發表勘誤；勘誤內容本站未能取得，是否影響本卡引用之數值待查） · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26698003/ · 在 IDAEO 的其他引用
- Prevalence of stable and successfully treated periodontitis subjects and incidence of subsequent tooth loss within supportive periodontal care: A systematic review with meta-analyses. [PMID:37402624] · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37402624/ · 在 IDAEO 的其他引用
- The Effects of Patient Compliance in Supportive Periodontal Therapy on Tooth Loss: A systematic Review and Meta-analysis. [PMID:33512339] · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33512339/ · 在 IDAEO 的其他引用
- Compliance with supportive periodontal/peri-implant therapy: A systematic review. [PMID:31562778] · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31562778/ · 在 IDAEO 的其他引用
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Lucy・《Why Are Regular Appointments Still Needed after Periodontal Treatment Is Complete?｜證據鏈》・IDAEO 知識庫・2026-08-16・https://km.idaeo.ai/post/reports/dental-supportive-periodontal-care-evidenceUpdated 2026-08-19