The present pre-post quasi-experimental study assessed changes in peri-implant disease perception and oral health-related quality of life following non-surgical peri-implant therapy. Using validated psychometric tools, including the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (Brief-IPQ) and the Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14), the study evaluates patients at baseline and three months after therapy. The study builds upon prior cross-sectional findings highlighting the low perception of peri-implant diseases and aims to determine whether non-surgical treatment improves patients' psychological awareness and perceived impact of their condition.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
200
Standardized non-surgical therapy consisting of mechanical debridement of peri-implant sites using ultrasonic instruments, combined with personalized oral hygiene instruction. The intervention is delivered in a single session. No adjunctive antimicrobials are used. Follow-up is scheduled 3 months after therapy for clinical and psychometric re-evaluation.
AOUS
Siena, Italy
Change in illness perception (Brief-IPQ total score)
Illness perception will be assessed using the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (Brief-IPQ). The primary outcome is the change in the total score from baseline to 3 months after baseline, following non-surgical peri-implant therapy.
Time frame: Baseline and 3 months from baseline
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