Influence of Emergence Angle and Mucosal Tunnel Depth on Artificial Biofilm Removal Around Dental Implants: An In Vitro Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Implant-prosthetic characteristics jeopardize accurate diagnosis, professional and domiciliary plaque control around dental implants. Accurate prosthetic design planning and prosthetic features modifications are fundamental in peri-implant diseases' primordial prevention and active treatment.

Objectives

To evaluate the impact of prosthetic emergence angles (EAs) and mucosal tunnel depths (MTDs) on the efficacy of ultrasonic debridement in removing ink stain simulating artificial biofilm in an in vitro model.

Methods

An in vitro model simulating biofilm around implant abutment, incorporating a 4 mm implant analog replicating a missing single tooth was designed. Titanium abutments with three MTDs (2, 4, and 6 mm) were associated with individualized crowns wit

SUBMITTER: Discepoli N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12626696 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature