Open AccessDoes chlorhexidine improve outcomes in non-surgical management of peri-implant mucositis or peri-implantitis?: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s) -
S Liu,
J Limiñana-Cañal,
Jiajie Yu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medicina oral, patología oral y cirugía bucal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1698-6946
pISSN - 1698-4447
DOI - 10.4317/medoral.23633
Subject(s) - mucositis , peri implantitis , medicine , chlorhexidine , dentistry , meta analysis , implant , surgery , chemotherapy
With greater number of implants being placed in clinical practice, incidence of peri-implant diseases are on the rise. It is not known whether chlorhexidine (CHX) improves outcomes in the management of peri-implant diseases. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the role of CHX in improving outcomes with non-surgical management of peri-implant mucositis and peri-implantitis.