title: Do mucositis lesions around implants differ from gingivitis lesions around teeth?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The purpose of this review was to compare peri-implant mucositis and gingivitis with respect to the pathogenesis aspects.
  
  
  METHODS
  An electronic search was performed up to June 2010 based on the PubMed database of the National Library of Medicine and The Cochrane Library of the Cochrane Collaboration (CENTRAL). A hand search considered the bibliography of a recently published review on the same topic (Heitz-Mayfield & Lang 2010).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The host response to biofilms does not differ substantially at teeth or implants. The most obvious sign clinically is the development of an inflammatory lesion as a result of the bacterial challenge. Gingivitis at teeth or peri-implant mucositis at implants are precursors for more detrimental lesions, and hence have to be diagnosed properly and prevented by applying anti-infective therapy. Non-surgical interventions are usually sufficient for the treatment of both gingivitis and mucositis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Gingivitis and peri-implant mucositis are not fundamentally different from pathogenesis and diagnosis points of view.
authors.affiliation: Prince Philip Dental Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China. nplang@dial.eunet.ch
authors.forename: Niklaus P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: Dieter D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Bosshardt
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lulic
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000276:immunology; D018441:Biofilms / Q000254:growth & development; D015921:Dental Implants / Q000382:microbiology*; D005891:Gingivitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D018836:Inflammation Mediators / Q000502:physiology; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D014070:Tooth / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants; D018836:Inflammation Mediators