Open AccessWhat’s new for the clinician– summaries of recently published papers
Author(s) -
Veerasamy Yengopal
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
sadj
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2519-0105
pISSN - 1029-4864
DOI - 10.17159/2519-0105/2021/v76no10a9
Subject(s) - medicine , modalities , treatment modality , therapeutic modalities , surgical debridement , intensive care medicine , debridement (dental) , medical physics , surgery , physical therapy , social science , sociology
Various therapeutic modalities have been suggested to treat peri-implantitis.2 However, no superiority of one treatment over another could be demonstrated, and more complex approaches have failed to demonstrate additional benefits over simple treatments.2Surgical and non-surgicaldebridement have their own comparative advantages and disadvantages. Flap access provide better visualizationand access to instruments in deep and complex defects; however, it demands higher operative time and professional skills and also may lead to high morbidity and costs for patients. Contrarily, non-surgical treatment is simpler for both clinicians and patients, with less treatment time and morbidity. Wagner and colleagues (2021)2 reported on a trial that sought to compare clinical and radiographic outcomes of surgical and non-surgical debridement for the treatment of peri-implantitis.