peri-implantitis
Sign in to savethumb|A radiograph two years after implant placement, then seven years later in a heavy smoker, demonstrating progression of bone loss due to peri-implantitis
Research
5,584 papersvia PubMed
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Signs and symptoms
- Bone loss
- Probing
- Causes & pathology
- Risk factors
- Risk factors
- Potential risk factors
- Peri-implantitis vs peri-implant mucositis
- Prevention
- Treatment
- Mechanical debridement
- Antiseptic treatment
- Antibiotic treatment
- Surgical treatment
- Current research
- References
thumb|A radiograph two years after implant placement, then seven years later in a heavy smoker, demonstrating progression of bone loss due to peri-implantitis
Peri-implantitis is a destructive inflammatory process affecting the soft and hard tissues surrounding dental implants. The soft tissues become inflamed whereas the alveolar bone (hard tissue), which surrounds the implant for the purposes of retention, is lost over time.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “peri-implantitis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.