Long-term successful treatment requires a strict patient-specific recall program of supportive implant therapy. The main purposes are to maintain a healthy peri-implant mucosa and thereby prevent the development of peri-implantitis.
The establishment of a periodic (3-6 months) peri-implant maintenance therapy emphasizes meticulous oral hygiene practices, careful peri-implant examination, thorough analysis of risk factors and frequent removal of soft and hard microbial deposits from the implants.
