Monitoring of Non-Surgical Treatment of Peri-implantitis

Monitoring of Non-Surgical Treatment of Peri-implantitis, Traditional Measurement Methods and aMMP-8 Test Technology-Cross Sectional Study

This study aimed to investigate the response to non-surgical treatment of peri-implantitis diseases during the maintenance phase. The patients underwent non-surgical implant maintenance treatment, and the success of the treatment was measured again after 30 days using the same criteria and methods.

For 40 patients, the aMMP-8 test was performed on the buccal gingival pocket of the implant teeth, gingival bleeding (BOP), implant pocket depth (PPD), and a periapical x-ray to measure radiologic bone level (RBL) were taken.

Inclusion Criteria:

• implant patients arriving for a maintenance visit at a dental clinic
• a diagnosis of peri-implant healthy, peri-implant mucositis, or peri-implantitis by a dentist
• a written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

• Smoking
• age under 25
• antibiotic treatment within six months
• the maintenance treatment had been completed within 6 months.