See you in three months! The rationale for the three monthly periodontal recall interval: a risk based approach.

UNLABELLED: There is significant evidence to support the regular review of patients with chronic periodontitis. There is, however, comparatively little evidence to demonstrate how often such reviews should take place. This paper looks at the periodontal healing period, the risks of periodontal progression and current thinking about maintenance programmes. It thus attempts to establish some guidelines that practitioners may use when calculating recall intervals. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: The choice of individual, patient-focused recall intervals is essential to limit disease progression and maintain healthy periodontal tissues.