Efficacy of Air Powder Water-Jet Devices in Cleaning Implant Surfaces in a Non-Surgical Peri-Implantitis Treatment Simulation-A Laboratory Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the impact of implant surface and instrumentation time on the efficacy of two air powder water-jet (APWJ) devices in cleaning the implant surface in a simulation of non-surgical peri-implantitis treatment.

Materials and methods

Turned and modified surface implants (28 each) were coated with a biofilm imitation and mounted on resin models replicating peri-implant intra-osseous defects, including a soft tissue replica. The entire implant periphery was instrumented for 5 or 15s per implant sextant (i.e., in total 30 or 90s per implant), with one of two different APWJ devices using either a glycine or an erythritol powder. Residual biofilm imitation was automatically assessed on standardized photographs and expressed as percentage of the exposed implant sur

SUBMITTER: Bertl K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12423577 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature