Björn Klinge: Is there a connection between previous periodontitis and later peri-implantitis
Video highlights
- Review of EAO 2012 Consensus Conference
- Factors affecting peri-implantitis prevalence include smoking, poor oral hygiene and a history of periodontitis
- Patients presenting with these factors should be subject to high vigilance monitoring
- New York 2013 symposium presentation
A consensus statement is an agreement on currently available knowledge and may shift over time based on new evidence. Today there are solid data that there is an association between history of periodontitis and later peri-implant inflammation and infection. However this finding does not necessarily imply a cause relation effect, and could also be based on general hyperinflammatory response of the patient. Other factors that have been shown to affect peri-implantitis prevalence include smoking and poor oral hygiene. Dr Klinge concludes and emphasizes, that patients in general, but periodontitis-susceptible individuals presenting with these factors in particular, should be subject to high vigilance monitoring and should be kept on a strict oral hygiene maintenance program and be encouraged to quit smoking.