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Ailing and failing oral implants: initial therapy and surgical management
Salah Sakka1, Majdy Idrees, Rami Alissa
1Department of Oral Surgery, Al-Farabi Dental College, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Department of Oral Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Al-Baath University, Hama, Syria.
Journal of Investigative and Clinical Dentistry
|November 29, 2012
Abstract:
The distinction between ailing and failing implants is clinically important. Changes in the peri-implant soft or hard tissues will indicate whether the implant is ailing, failing, or has failed. This article discusses these clinical situations and provides an overview and description of peri-implant diseases and their treatment alternatives.
