Current Techniques in Dental Implants: Biological and Technical Problems

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to invite you to submit a manuscript to the forthcoming Special Issue “Current Techniques in Dental Implants” in the Applied Science. The use of dental implants to restore edentulous subjects is a successful treatment in Contemporary Dentistry, and the global market o was valued at US$ 3 billion with more than 9 million implants placed in 2018. However, the prevalence of biological complications regarding dental implant-supported restorations, including peri-implantitis, is growing at the same rate, ranging around 0.4 to 43% after five years. Peri-implantitis is an inflammatory process from a microbial origin that causes bone loss and could lead to the loss of the implant. The etiology of peri-implantitis is associate with a complex bacterial biofilm and risk factors as smoking and diabetes. Potential risk factors as occlusal overloading, osteoporosis, and local factors related to the surgical peri-implant site might increase the peri-implant tissue destruction severity.  

Therefore, this special issue will focus on this “burden disease,” including, but not limited to:

• etiology and risk factors of peri-implantitis; 
• etiopathogenesis of peri-implant diseases;
• influence of periodontitis on the incidence of peri-implantitis
• prevalence and incidence of peri-implant diseases
• biological and technical complications
• factors related to the dental implant that could influence the incidence of peri-implantitis
• factors associated with the professionals that could impact the incidence of peri-implantitis
• phenotype of the peri-implant mucosa and its relationship with peri-implantitis
• treatment of peri-implantitis
• decontamination
• Er:YAG, Er,Cr:YSGG, Nd:YAG, Nd:YAP, Diode, CO2
• Systematic reviews and meta-analysis 
• Microbiome and proteome
• Implant biofilm
• Implant surface topography treatment to avoid biofilm adhesion
• Laser modified titanium surfaces
• Laser therapy

Prof. Kinga Grzech-Lesniak
Prof. Jamil Awad Shibli
Guest Editors

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