Abstract | AIM: MATERIALS AND METHODS: In the surgery group, mucoperiosteal flap surgery was used with scaling on implant surfaces and debridement of granulation tissue. Microbiologic testing was evaluated before and after intervention treatment, at 12 and 24 weeks in the study subjects. DISCUSSION: Total anaerobic counts of bacteria did not differ significantly between patients assigned to receive PDT and those assigned to receive surgical therapy (mean, 95.2% and 80.85%, respectively). PDT was associated with a significant decrease in bleeding scores (P = 0.02) as well as inflammatory exudation (P = 0.001). CONCLUSION: Treatment with PDT in patients with periimplantitis was not associated with major reduction of total anaerobic bacteria on the rough surfaces of dental implants as compared with surgical therapy. A significantly lower proinflammatory index of periimplantitis was observed in the PDT group at 24 weeks of follow-up.
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Authors | Gian Paolo Bombeccari, Gianpaolo Guzzi, Federico Gualini, Sara Gualini, Franco Santoro, Francesco Spadari |
Journal | Implant dentistry
(Implant Dent)
Vol. 22
Issue 6
Pg. 631-8
(Dec 2013)
ISSN: 1538-2982 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 24225780
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial)
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Chemical References |
- Anti-Infective Agents
- Tolonium Chloride
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Topics |
- Adult
- Anti-Infective Agents
(therapeutic use)
- Bacteria, Anaerobic
(drug effects)
- Bacterial Load
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Peri-Implantitis
(drug therapy, microbiology)
- Photochemotherapy
(methods)
- Tolonium Chloride
(therapeutic use)
- Treatment Outcome
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