Physiopathology of peri-implant diseases.

Salvi, Giovanni E; Stähli, Alexandra; Imber, Jean-Claude; Sculean, Anton; Roccuzzo, Andrea (2023). Physiopathology of peri-implant diseases. Clinical implant dentistry and related research, 25(4), pp. 629-639. Blackwell 10.1111/cid.13167

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BACKGROUND

Peri-implant health is characterized by the absence of clinical signs of soft tissue inflammation. Peri-implant diseases are initiated by the presence of bacterial biofilms and share a similar etiology as that involved in the onset of periodontal diseases.

PURPOSE

To summarize available evidence on the physiopathology of peri-implant diseases with emphasis on similarities and differences with periodontal diseases.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Evidence on the biologic mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of peri-implant mucositis and peri-implantitis were explored in the recent scientific literature.

RESULTS

Findings of studies in animals and in humans indicate that experimental peri-implant mucositis leads to a larger inflammatory connective tissue infiltrate and to a higher frequency of bleeding sites around implants compared with teeth. Tissue destruction at experimental peri-implantitis sites is more pronounced compared with that at experimental periodontitis sites. Although human periodontitis and peri-implantitis lesions share similarities with respect to etiology and clinical features, they represent distinct entities from a physiopathologic point of view.

CONCLUSIONS

Diagnosis of peri-implant health requires a clinical examination to confirm absence of peri-implant soft tissue inflammation. In order to make a correct diagnosis and select the appropriate therapeutic steps to manage peri-implant diseases, knowledge of their pathogenetic mechanisms is required.

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