Peri-implant Tissue Measurement Terminologies in Health and Disease: A Critical Insight

Abstract

The implantology field has been a center of interest for several clinicians, teachers, and students globally. Amidst these fast-moving tissues, the terminologies for peri-implant measurements and the standard concept of measurement guidelines remain obscure and compromised. Unfortunately, the pioneering implantologists have not made an adequate attempt to address the existing deficiencies in guidelines, terminologies, and measurements pertaining to peri-implant tissues in health and disease. There is a lack of consistency across definitions of peri-implant osteitis in the literature, and the diagnostic criteria are not clear. Most of the published strategies for peri-implant osteitis therapy are mainly based on treatments used for teeth with periodontitis. The required platform to diagnose, classify, treat and comprehensive terminologies are the need of the hour in the implant related world. Hence, an attempt is made in this paper to briefly address the peri-implant-related clinical measurements, peri-implant disease classification, and its treatment strategies.

Immediate Implant and Customized Healing Abutment for a Periodontally Compromised Socket: 1-Year Follow-Up Retrospective Evaluation

“…For this purpose, for each papilla, the reference was the line through the zenith of the implant restoration to that of the adjacent tooth. • Peri-implant Probing Depths (PDs) were assessed with a periodontal probe (Hu-Friedy PGF-GFS, Hu-Friedy, Chicago, IL, USA) and reported to the nearest millimeter [20]. • Keratinized Mucosa (KM) width was measured at the mid-buccal point by a periodontal probe as the distance between the mucogingival junction and the free gingival margin.…”

“…Peri-implant Probing Depths (PDs) were assessed with a periodontal probe (Hu-Friedy PGF-GFS, Hu-Friedy, Chicago, IL, USA) and reported to the nearest millimeter [20].…”