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- Title
Elektrolytische Dekontamination in der operativen Periimplantitisbehandlung: Ein Fallbericht.
- Authors
Meyle, Jörg; Künzl, Melanie; Meyle, Sven; Walther, Kay-Arne
- Abstract
Peri-implant diseases are a challenge in many cases, since it is difficult to completely resolve periimplantitis. A prerequisite is the complete decontamination of the infected implant surface, which may be difficult due to the rough surface structure in the endosteal part of the device. In 2019, a new method was introduced which is able to generate sterile conditions in bacterially infected implants. Using a weak electrical current, the metal implant is transformed into a cathode, and small hydrogen-containing bubbles are formed on the surface. These remove the remaining bacteria. This method was applied in a 82-year-old patient suffering from peri-implantitis, and resulted in a decrease of probing depths from 12 mm to 6 mm and 5 mm. Bleeding on probing and the microbial biofilm also decreased. One year after treatment, signs of bone healing were visible in the radiographs, indicating bone regeneration.
- Subjects
METALS in surgery; GINGIVAL hemorrhage; BONE regeneration; ROUGH surfaces; SURFACE structure
- Publication
Parodontologie: die Zeitschrift für die Praxis (Berlin, Germany), 2022, Vol 33, Issue 4, p401
- ISSN
0937-1532
- Publication type
Article