Echo-intensity characterization at implant sites and novel diagnostic ultrasonographic markers for peri-implantitis.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To apply high-frequency ultrasound (HFUS) echo intensity for characterizing peri-implant tissues at healthy and diseased sites and to investigate the possible ultrasonographic markers of health versus disease.

Materials and methods

Sixty patients presenting 60 implants diagnosed as healthy (N = 30) and peri-implantitis (N = 30) were assessed with HFUS. HFUS scans were imported into a software where first-order greyscale outcomes [i.e., mean echo intensity (EI)] and second-order greyscale outcomes were assessed. Other ultrasonographic outcomes of interest involved the vertical extension of the hypoechoic supracrestal area (HSA), soft-tissue area (STA) and buccal bone dehiscence (BBD), among others.

Results

HFUS EI mean values obtained from peri-implant soft tissue

SUBMITTER: Galarraga-Vinueza ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11651720 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature