AIM To monitor over 12 months clinical and radiographic changes occurring after adjunctive local delivery of minocycline microspheres for the treatment of peri-implantitis. MATERIAL AND METHODS In 25 partially edentulous subjects, 31 implants diagnosed with peri-implantitis were treated. Three weeks after oral hygiene instruction, mechanical debridement and local antiseptic cleansing using 0....

OBJECTIVE The aim of this in vivo study was to evaluate two different types of implant-abutment connections: screwed connection and cemented connection, analyzing peri-implant bacteria microflora as well as other clinical parameters. PATIENTS AND METHODS Twenty implants were selected, inserted in 20 patients, 10 with a screwed implant-abutment connection (Group 1) and 10 with a cemented impla...

Background: Human beta-defensins (HBDs), epithelial-derived antimicrobial peptides, contribute to gingival health and periodontal disease. Particularly, the upregulation of HBD-3 expression in tissues is described tissue regeneration. Specifically, But there has been insufficient investigation inner epithelium peri-implantitis, especially HBD patterns as protection against oral infection. Objec...

RESULTS: At 6 and 12 months, Class Ie defects tended to reveal higher changes in the mean probing depth (PD) and clinical attachment level (CAL) values when compared with Class Ib and Class Ic groups. However, significant differences were only observed at 6 months (PD: 2.9 +/0.3 versus 1.4 +/0.5 versus 1.3 +/0.7 mm; CAL: 2.5 +/0.5 versus 0.9 +/0.8 versus 0.9 +/0.7 mm). Site-level analysis has p...

objectives: this study aimed to compare the diagnostic accuracy of inverted and unprocessed digitized periapical radiographs for detection of peri-implant defects. materials and methods: a total of 30 osteotomy sites were prepared in three groups of control, study group 1 with 0.425 mm defects and study group 2 with 0.725 mm defects using the sic and astra tech drill systems with 4.25mm and 4.8...

background. this study was designedaimed to investigate assess the antimicrobial antimicrobial eeffect of chlorhexidine (chx) on aggregatibacter a. actinomycetemcomitans biofilmss extracted isolated from subgingival plaque of periperi-iimplantitis lesions. methods. 13 thirteen participants patients requiring peri-implantitis treatment were consecutively selected and theirwere consecutively recr...

PURPOSE To evaluate the success of treatments aimed at the resolution of peri-implantitis in patients with osseointegrated implants. MATERIALS AND METHODS The potentially relevant literature was assessed independently by two reviewers to identify case series and comparative studies describing the treatment of peri-implantitis with a follow-up of at least 3 months. Medline, Embase, and The Coc...

To date, the term peri-implantitis has been mostly associated with bacterial or foreign body reaction as primary factors of its development. Because this, researchers’ and clinicians’ attention regarding treatment possibilities were directed into solutions on basis surface modifications, debridement, antibiotics. After years clinical observations poor results in peri-implantitis, a new proposal...

BACKGROUND Peri-implant disease following successful integration of an endosseous implant is the result of an imbalance between bacterial load and host defense, which may affect not only the peri-implant mucosa but also involve the supporting bone. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the adjunctive effect of a dental water jet rinse mixed with chlorhexidine gel to the nonsurgical...

INTRODUCTION There are numerous studies supporting the high success rate of dental implants used for reconstruction of missing teeth. However, complications like mucositis and peri-implantitis are increasingly reported. Placement of dental implants in partially edentulous patients is associated with the risk of peri-implant diseases, especially when an old or a new inflammatory lesion is presen...