Introduction
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INFECTION
Due to the nature of periodontal procedures, even though they are common practice, there is usually a latent risk of developing postoperative morbidity—defined as a condition of being diseased [In general, the incidence rate of infection reported after periodontal surgery is very low, ranging between <1 and 4.4% without administration of antibiotics [Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are defined as any report of the status of a patient’s health condition that comes directly from the patient, without interpretation of the patient’s response by a clinician or others [Several studies have applied the OHIP-14 to assess the impact of non-surgical therapy on the quality of life [Therefore, the present study aimed to explore the impact of different periodontal surgical treatments on the quality of life using a validated OHIP-14 for Italian people (IOHIP-14) [