biology
Review
Peri-Implantitis Regenerative Therapy: A Review
Lorenzo Mordini
1,
* , Ningyuan Sun
1
, Naiwen Chang
1
, John-Paul De Guzman
1
, Luigi Generali
2
and Ugo Consolo
2
Citation: Mordini, L.; Sun, N.; Chang,
N.; De Guzman, J.-P.; Generali, L.;
Consolo, U. Peri-Implantitis
Regenerative Therapy: A Review.
Biology 2021, 10, 773. https://
doi.org/10.3390/biology10080773
Academic Editor: José R. Pineda
Received: 30 May 2021
Accepted: 5 August 2021
Published: 13 August 2021
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1
Department of Periodontology, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA;
ningyuan.sun@tufts.edu (N.S.); nai-wen.chang@tufts.edu (N.C.); johnpaul.deguzman@tufts.edu (J.-P.D.G.)
2
Department of Surgery, Medicine, Dentistry andMorphological Sciences with Transplant Surgery, Oncology
and Regenerative Medicine Relevance (CHIMOMO), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia,
41124 Modena, Italy; luigi.generali@unimore.it (L.G.); ugo.consolo@unimore.it (U.C.)
* Correspondence: Lorenzo.Mordini@tufts.edu
Simple Summary: Regenerative therapies are one of the options to treat peri-implantitis diseases
that cause peri-implant bone loss. This review reports classic and current literature to describe the
available knowledge on regenerative peri-implant techniques.
Abstract: The surgical techniques available to clinicians to treat peri-implant diseases can be divided
into resective and regenerative. Peri-implant diseases are inflammatory conditions affecting the
soft and hard tissues around dental implants. Despite the large number of investigations aimed
at identifying the best approach to treat these conditions, there is still no universally recognized
protocol to solve these complications successfully and predictably. This review will focus on the
regenerative treatment of peri-implant osseous defects in order to provide some evidence that can
aid clinicians in the approach to peri-implant disease treatment.
Keywords: peri-implant disease; peri-implant mucositis; peri-implantitis; re-osseointegration; regen-
erative therapy
1. Introduction
Due to the increasing number of dental implants placed every day in clinical practice,
the biological complications related to these treatments are increasing. These complications
range from inflammation and bleeding upon probing (BOP) to severe peri-implant bone
resorption and implant failure [1]. Despite many investigations aimed at identifying the
best approach to treat these conditions, there is still no universally recognized protocol to
solve these complications successfully and predictably. The techniques available for the
clinicians can be divided into non-surgical and surgical. Among the surgical options, the
two main approaches are resective and regenerative treatments.
Several methods have been explored to determine the most predictable and successful
treatment protocol for arresting or reversing the loss of peri-implant bone. These methods
included non-surgical, resective, and regenerative treatments along with various methods
of adjunctive surface decontamination [2]. Generally speaking, if the peri-implant defect
does not have bone walls or has a supra-bony component, the resective approach is usually
preferred. The focus of this review will be the regenerative treatment of peri-implant
osseous defects. The goals of this article will be to answer questions to assist clinicians
pursuing peri-implant disease treatment: is any product superior to the other? Should a
membrane be added to the graft? Is any method of decontamination superior? The authors
reviewed recent studies on peri-implant regeneration and their outcomes, with background
studies that led to the current knowledge of materials and techniques. Although this
paper does not represent a systematic review, an effort was made to include as many
scientific references on peri-implantitis surgical regenerative treatments. An electronic
search in the database PubMed (National Library of Medicine) was performed. English
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