PURPOSE To compare implants in healthy conditions and implants with peri-implantitis with regard to their clinical parameters and the microbiologic composition at the peri-implant sulcus, inside the implant connection, and the gingival sulcus of neighboring teeth. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was performed including consecutive patients with implants in healthy conditions and...

Dental implants play an important role in restorative dentistry. However, the long term implant’s stability is subject on the integration between fixtures and the surrounding tissues. Microbia presented in the oral cavity seems to have a substantial impact on biofilm formation on newly placed implants (1). The natural flora of the mouth is composed of black-pigmented anaerobic bacteria includin...

Neutrophil collagenase or collagenase-2 (matrix metalloproteinase [MMP]-8) belongs to the collagenase subgroup of the MMP superfamily of calcium- and zinc-dependent neutral proteinases. MMP-8 is catalytically the most competent proteinase to initiate type I collagen and extracellular matrix degradation associated with periodontal and peri-implant tissue destruction leading to tooth and dental i...

The study examined the response of MG63 to Enamel Matrix Derivative (EMD) on the coarse-grit-blasted and acid-etched surface disks. We characterized associated changes in proliferation and differentiation related intracelluar signaling molecular including mitogen activitied protein kibase. The major groups of MAPKs (ERK1/2, cJUN-terminal kinases, JNK and p38-MAPK) have been characterized in pre...

UNLABELLED Over 100,000 implants were placed in the UK in 2010. As the numbers of patients with implant-retained prostheses increases, operators are encountering an increasing number of biological implant complications, most commonly peri-implant mucositis and peri-implantitis. The effective management of these complications is crucial to maintain patients' oral health. In particular, in contra...

AIMS Over the past decades, the placement of dental implants has become a routine procedure in the oral rehabilitation of fully and partially edentulous patients. However, the number of patients/implants affected by peri-implant diseases is increasing. As there are--in contrast to periodontitis--at present no established and predictable concepts for the treatment of peri-implantitis, primary pr...

Summary This survey aimed to estimate the subjective prevalence of peri-implantitis and its management in the private with and without board certified specialization. For this purpose, a crosssectional postal and internet survey of 521 dentists, representing all members of the Swiss Society of Oral Implantology (SGI) was conducted (year 2010). The questionnaire consisted of four sections assess...

Abstract Introduction The investigation of peri-implant diseases risk indicators helps to prevent and target treatment techniques. Objective aim this cross-sectional study was determine the occurrence peri-implantitis its potential indicator factors, besides assess long-term success survival rates dental implants after 8 10 years function. Material method For this, fifty individuals who had rec...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study is to evaluate, in a ligature-induced peri-implantitis model, the efficacy of three antimicrobial glassy coatings in the prevention of biofilm formation, intrasulcular bacterial growth and the resulting peri-implant bone loss. METHODS Mandibular premolars were bilaterally extracted from five beagle dogs. Four dental implants were inserted on each hemiar...

PURPOSE To evaluate possible benefits of the adjunctive use of light-activated disinfection (LAD) in the treatment of peri-implantitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 80 patients with at least one implant affected by peri-implantitis defined as at least 3 mm of bone loss on baseline radiographs in the presence of signs of infection (pus exudation and/or soft tissue swelling and/or soft tiss...