title: Can Periimplantitis Be Treated?
abstract: Over the past few decades, dental implants have been found to have high predictability and survival rates because of improvements in knowledge, clinical expertise, and implant designs. As such, dental implants are frequently integrated in the clinical management of fully or partially edentulous patients. It is prudent to realize that despite the high early survival rates, dental implants do have their fair share of long-term esthetic, biological, and mechanical complications. Therefore, this paper aims to review the current evidence on the management of peri-implant diseases in an attempt to answer the following question: Can periimplantitis be treated?
authors.affiliation: Discipline of Periodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore, 11 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119083, Singapore.
authors.forename: Jia-Hui
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, University of Michigan, School of Dentistry, 1011 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1078, USA. Electronic address: homlay@umich.edu.
authors.forename: Hom-Lay
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D001861:Bone Regeneration; D048091:Guided Tissue Regeneration; D016557:Guided Tissue Regeneration, Periodontal; D006801:Humans; D057873:Peri-Implantitis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy
keywords: Guided bone regeneration; Infection; Peri-implant bone loss; Periimplantitis; Surgery