60
Participants
Start Date
September 30, 2011
Primary Completion Date
June 30, 2019
Study Completion Date
August 31, 2020
Interdental Oral Hygiene Instruction (Int-OHI)
"Int-OHI will be given focusing on the interdental device of the allocated group for each patient and will be given only once at timepoint T-7. No further formal Int-OH instructions will be given, unless specifically asked by the patient.~Int-OHI will be delivered by trained dental hygienist/periodontist."
One session of professional supragingival scaling and polishing
A session of professional supragingival scaling and polishing: instrumentation will be performed by a trained dental hygienist/periodontist with great care in performing exclusively coronal maneuver. No instrumentation or exploring of the gingival crevice/ sulcus will be performed.
Oral Hygiene Instruction (OHI)
"OHI will be given focusing on manual toothbrushing and will be given only once at timepoint T-7. No further formal OH instructions will be given, unless specifically asked by the patient.~OHI will be delivered by trained dental hygienist/periodontist."
University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa
University of Pisa
OTHER