Treatment of Peri-implantitis: Fiction or Reality? Part 1: Non-surgical and Surgical Management
Volume
50
Pagination
731 - 738
Publisher
DOI
10.12968/denu.2023.50.9.731
Journal
Dental Update
Issue
ISSN
0305-5000
Metadata
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Peri-implantitis is a biological complication characterized by an inflammatory process affecting the soft and hard tissues around an osseo-integrated load-bearing implant. Clinically, it results in progressive bone loss, pocket formation, bleeding and/or suppuration and leads to implant loss. Although the main aetiological factor is bacterial biofilms, the clinical presentation and progression of peri-implantitis is exacerbated by several local, systemic and iatrogenic factors. Treatment protocols of peri-implantitis include various decontamination procedures of the exposed implant surface. In this two-part series, we will review the available evidence for the non-surgical and surgical management of peri-implantitis (Part 1), and then we will discuss various modalities for implant surface decontamination (Part 2).