Implantology

Current Implant Maintenance Protocols and Their Significance

This article outlines therapeutic approaches and strategies for refining them while advocating for personalized regimens in peri-implant care to optimize favorable long-term outcomes.

Antimicrobial Use in Implant Therapy: Is It Necessary?

By Aviv Ouanounou, BSc, MSc, DDS, Stefan Radovic, BSc

This article discusses the evolution of implant therapy as well as complications that arise from implant placement and investigates the efficacy of antimicrobial use both prophylactically and postoperatively in the presence of infection.

The Use of Composite Xenograft and Allograft in Post-Explantation Ridge Defect Augmentation: A Case Report

By Hanae Saito, DDSDDS

As demonstrated in this case presentation, this composite graft provides both volume stability and structural support for implant-supported prostheses.

Eight Keys for the Reconstructive Therapy of Peri-Implantitis-Related Intrabony Defects

By Robert A. Levine, DDS, Alberto Monje, DDS, MS, PhD, Muhammad H.A. Saleh, BDS, MSD, MS, Debora R. Dias, DDS, MSc, Khushboo Kalani, DDS, MS, Harold M. Pinsky, DDS, Jeffrey Ganeles, DMD, Franck Renouard, DDS, Mauricio G. Araujo, DDS, MSc, PhD

This article focuses on operator factors when treating peri-implantitis and presents a stepwise approach to eight essential keys for successful regenerative/reparative treatment of peri-implantitis defects.