Ninad Milind Padhye

What is known Numerous radiographic analyses confirm that progressive peri-implant marginal bone loss (PMBL) occurs at some implants throughout the implant's functioning time. However, the lack of the assessment of clinical data does not allow for determination of whether ongoing PMBL is associated with peri-implant disease. What this study adds The present data analysis reveals that PMBL is not a rare finding at implant sites, which is not always linked with bleeding on probing.

1 INTRODUCTION Bone regeneration procedures have been performed together with implant placement since the early days of implant dentistry with the aim to re-establish an adequate alveolar ridge dimension before implant placement (staged technique), or with the aim to regenerate peri-implant bone simultaneous to implant placement (simultaneous, one-stage regeneration) and allow a prosthetically driven implant-supported rehabilitation.1, 2 A plethora of hard tissue augmentation techniques has...