4 Topic Commentaries

Overview of Treatment Modalities for Peri-Implantitis (Part 2)

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  Malcolm L. Snead, DDS, PhD

  Professor, Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology; Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC

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  University of Southern California

  It’s a sniper rather than a nuclear bomb.

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  Yota Stathopoulou, DDS, MS, PhD

  Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontics; Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs

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  University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine

  At the moment, the treatment of peri-implantitis is more empirical rather than evidence based, and we are in need of high-level evidence-based clinical studies.

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  Georgios A. Kotsakis, DDS, MS

  Assistant Dean for Clinical Research, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine

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  Rutgers University

  For the first time, we show why all the antibiotic treatments that work around teeth do not work around implants.

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  Y. Natalie Jeong, DMD, MA

  Professor and Chair, Department of Periodontology

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  Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

  We might have to remove the implant or, in severe cases, the implant will just fall out of your mouth.

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