The aim of the present study was to evaluate bone loss at implants connected to abutments coated with a
soda-lime glass containing
silver nanoparticles, subjected to experimental
peri-implantitis. Also the aging and erosion of the coating in mouth was studied. Five beagle dogs were used in the experiments. Three implants were placed in each mandible quadrant: in 2 of them, Glass/n-Ag coated abutments were connected to implant platform, 1 was covered with a Ti-mechanized abutment. Experimental
peri-implantitis was induced in all implants after the submarginal placement of cotton
ligatures, and three months after animals were euthanatized. Thickness and morphology of coating was studied in abutment cross-sections by SEM. Histology and histo-morphometric studies were carried on in undecalfied ground slides. After the induced
peri-implantitis: 1.The abutment coating shown losing of thickness and cracking. 2. The histometry showed a significant less bone loss in the implants with glass/n-Ag coated abutments. A more symmetric cone of
bone resorption was observed in the coated group. There were no significant differences in the
peri-implantitis histological characteristics between both groups of implants. Within the limits of this in-vivo study, it could be affirmed that abutments coated with
biocide soda-lime-glass-
silver nanoparticles can reduce bone loss in experimental
peri-implantitis. This achievement makes this coating a suggestive material to control
peri-implantitis development and progression.