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INTERNATIONAL DENTAL JOURNAL, vol.74, no.1, pp.164-165, 2024 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
AIM or PURPOSE: The aim of the present study was to analyze the potential differences of dental specialists from different educational and training back grounds regarding the successful management of periimplant mucositis and periimplantitis cases with a specific reference for etiological factors, treatment options, prognosis and maintenance intervals.
MATERIALS and METHOD: Implants (n=44) in 34 patients with complaints of periimplant pathology were clinically and radiographically examined by dentists from 4 different specialties regarding etiology, diagnosis, treatment planning, prognosis, individual risk analysis and maintenance.
RESULTS: There were statistically significant differences between the periodontist and the other 3 specialists in etiological factors such as lack of maintenance visits and inadequate oral hygiene. When the periodontal etiological factors such as presence of periodontitis in the mouth or in the adjacent tooth, rapidly progressing periodontal destruction, insufficient periodontal therapy were considered, the opinions between periodontist and oral surgeon were significantly different (p<0.05).
CONCLUSION(S): The complexity of the clinical decision making process together with the array of factors affecting such decisions and the lack of widely accepted treatment protocols forperi-implant pathologies may lead to variations in the management of periimplant diseases.