Non-surgical mechanical therapy of peri-implantitis with or without repeated adjunctive diode laser application. A 6-month double-blinded randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objective of this study is to investigate the outcomes following non-surgical therapy of peri-implantitis (PI) with or without adjunctive diode laser application.

Materials and methods

A double-blinded randomized controlled clinical trial was carried out in 25 subjects with 25 implants diagnosed with PI. Following curettage of granulation tissue, test implants (T) were treated with adjunctive application of a diode laser for 90 s (settings: 810 nm, 2.5 W, 50 Hz, 10 ms), while at control implants (C) non-activated adjunctive diode laser was applied. The entire treatment procedure was performed at days 0 (i.e., baseline), 7 and 14. The primary outcome measure was change in mean pocket probing depth (PPD). Clinical and microbiological outcomes, as well as host-de

SUBMITTER: Roccuzzo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9546299 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature