[Maintenance therapy: an indispensible complement to periodontal treatment and the surgical implant]

The authors analyze the literature of recent years on maintenance therapy both in parodontopathic patients and in subjects undergoing surgical implantation therapy. We divide the work in two parts; the first shows the general aspects of maintenance therapy, the second shows the specific aspects of maintenance therapy in non surgical parodontal treatment, in after surgical parodontal treatment and after implantation treatment.