Association between the time after transplantation and different immunosuppressive medications with dental and periodontal treatment need in patients after solid organ transplantation.
Gerhard SchmalzHorst WendorffLisa BerishaAnja MeiselFlorian WidmerAnna MarcinkowskiHelmut TeschlerUrte SommerwerckRainer HaakOtto KollmarDirk ZiebolzPublished in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2018)
The high treatment need of patients after SOT, irrespective of the time since transplantation, suggests insufficient dental and periodontal treatment before and maintenance after organ transplantation. Furthermore, immunosuppressive medication was not associated with the treatment need.