Discomfort/pain due to periodontal and peri‐implant probing with/without platform switching

Objective To compare discomfort/pain following periodontal probing around teeth and peri‐implant probing around implants with or without platform switching. Methods Two dentists recruited and examined 65 patients, each of them exhibiting a dental implant with a contralateral tooth. Only two types of...

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Published in:Clinical oral implants research 2019-10, Vol.30 (10), p.997-1004
Main Authors: Parvini, Puria, Saminsky, Michael, Stanner, Julia, Klum, Matthias, Nickles, Katrin, Eickholz, Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bleeding
Dental Equipment
Dental Implants
Dental prosthetics
Dentistry
Discomfort
discomfort/pain
Emergence
Female
Females
Humans
Mandible
Maxilla
Pain
Periodontal Index
Periodontal Pocket
periodontal probing
peri‐implant probing
platform switching
Radiographs
Radiography
Regression analysis
Surgical implants
Switching
Teeth
Transplants & implants
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Summary:Objective To compare discomfort/pain following periodontal probing around teeth and peri‐implant probing around implants with or without platform switching. Methods Two dentists recruited and examined 65 patients, each of them exhibiting a dental implant with a contralateral tooth. Only two types of implants were included: one with and one without platform switching. Periodontal and peri‐implant probing depths (PPD) and probing attachment level (PAL) were assessed. Whether implant or tooth was measured first was randomly assigned. Immediately after probing, patients scored discomfort/pain using a visual analogue scale (VAS). The emergence profiles of implant crowns were assessed as angles between interproximal surfaces on radiographs. Results Sixty‐five patients (age 69; 63/76 years [median; lower/upper quartile]; 38 females, 11 smokers) were examined. With the exception of mean PPD and PAL (p 
ISSN:0905-7161
1600-0501
DOI:10.1111/clr.13513