Management of Periimplantitis Around an Existing Implant
Surgical decontamination and regenerative treatment to arrest bone loss around a previously placed implant.
Case detail below is a placeholder pending Dr Zafar's own notes for this case.
Treatment Summary
- Treatment
- Periimplantitis
- Presentation
- Bleeding, swelling and radiographic bone loss around a previously placed implant, with plaque accumulation at the implant-crown margin.
- Procedure
- Surgical access to decontaminate the implant surface, with regenerative grafting to address the bone defect.
- Materials
- Implant surface decontamination with adjunctive bone grafting material.
- Healing & review
- Reviewed at 6 weeks and 3 months to confirm resolution of inflammation and stability of the graft.
- Outcome
- Inflammation resolved and further bone loss arrested, with the implant retained.
Part of Treatment of Periimplantitis