Factors Affecting the Efficacy of Airflowing in Cleaning Implant Surfaces in a Surgical Peri-Implantitis Treatment Simulation-A Laboratory Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate, in a simulation of surgical peri-implantitis treatment, the impact of type of handpiece, device settings, and instrumentation time on the efficacy of airflowing in cleaning the implant surface, depending on the type of bone defect and implant surface.

Methods

Turned and modified surface implants (54 each) were coated with biofilm imitation and mounted on resin models replicating purely horizontal or circumferential intraosseous peri-implant defects (both 5 mm deep). Implants were instrumented with an airflowing device using a supra- or submucosal handpiece, with three settings: (a) power 5, 5 s (b) power 10, 5 s, and (c) power 5, 15 s per implant/defect sextant.

Results

The amount of residual biofilm imitation was associated with defect configur

SUBMITTER: Stavropoulos A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12423584 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature