Diagnosis and Treatment Approaches of Dentists Regarding Peri-Implant Diseases. A Questionnaire Study
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2025
Yazarlar: Nil Batur, Hatice Oya TÜRKOĞLU
INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF DENTAL SCIENCES, Uluslararası, 2025, cilt 46, ss 165-177
Özet
INTRODUCTION: To determine the approach for diagnosis and treatment of peri-implant diseases in general dentists and to test whether graduation times make a difference in these approaches.MATERIAL and METHODS: The survey consisting of four sections was filled out by 381 dentists on online.anketler.com.The first part included demographics, second section included questions about the characteristics of peri-implant mucosa and diagnosis of periimplant diseases; third section included questions about the treatment of peri-implant diseases; and fourth section included questions about risk factors.R software for statistical analyzes was used.RESULTS: There were no significant differences in responses regarding peri-implant mucosa characteristics and peri-implantitis risk factors according to graduation time (p>0,05).Although responses regarding peri-implantitis treatment options were generally similar (p>0,05), differences were observed in local antiseptic and systemic antibiotic use among the study groups (p<0,001, p=0,021, respectively).Differences were also observed in responses to options of surgical/resective/regenerative treatments among the study groups (p<0,03, p=0,004, p<0,018, respectively).Undergraduate education as a source of information was reported as 88,6% among recently graduated dentists and 29,9% among older dentists (p<0,05).CONCLUSION: It would be beneficial to organize more and comprehensive training courses and seminars on peri-implant diseases for dentists who graduated a long time ago.