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The management of peri-implant breakdown around functioning osseointegrated dental implants.

Section of Periodontics, School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles.
Journal of Periodontology (impact factor: 2.6). 12/1993; 64(11 Suppl):1176-83. pp.1176-83
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ABSTRACT Peri-implant tissue breakdown can be the result of microbial action as well as of biomechanical and occlusal overload. The long-term goal of the treatment of peri-implant breakdown is to arrest the progression of the disease and to achieve a maintainable site for the patient. Peri-implant bony defects around functioning implants can be treated with either non-surgical or surgical (resective or regenerative) techniques. Bone regeneration is possible in selected peri-implant bony defects of functioning implants if appropriate surgical techniques are utilized and the etiologic cause is eradicated.

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Keywords

appropriate surgical techniques
 
biomechanical
 
implants
 
long-term goal
 
non-surgical
 
Peri-implant bony defects
 
Peri-implant tissue breakdown
 
progression
 
resective
 
surgical
 

S A Jovanovic