Oral hygiene compliance in orthodontic patients: a randomized controlled study on the effects of a post-treatment communication

• Main Authors: Mauro Cozzani (Author), Giulia Ragazzini (Author), Alessia Delucchi (Author), Sabrina Mutinelli (Author), Carlo Barreca (Author), Daniel J. Rinchuse (Author), Roberto Servetto (Author), Vincenzo Piras (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SpringerOpen, 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Several studies have recently demonstrated that a post-treatment communication to explain the importance of an oral hygiene can improve the orthodontic patients' compliance over a period of 66 days. The main goal of this study is to evaluate the effects of a structured follo...