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Do mucositis lesions around implants differ from gingivitis lesions around teeth?
Author(s) -
Lang Niklaus P.,
Bosshardt Dieter D.,
Lulic Martina
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of clinical periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.456
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1600-051X
pISSN - 0303-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-051x.2010.01667.x
Subject(s) - gingivitis , mucositis , dentistry , medicine , orthodontics , surgery , radiation therapy
Lang NP, Bosshardt DD, Lulic M. Do mucositis lesions around implants differ from gingivitis lesions around teeth? J Clin Periodontol 2011; 38 (Suppl. 11): 182–187. doi: 10.1111/j.1600‐051X.2010.01667.x. Abstract Background: The purpose of this review was to compare peri‐implant mucositis and gingivitis with respect to the pathogenesis aspects. Search strategy: 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.