"Peri-Implantitis": A Complication of a Foreign Body or a Man-Made "Disease". Facts and Fiction.

Abstract

The discrepancy between some scientific views and the daily clinical experience with dental implants has made the topic of "periimplantitis" highly controversial, especially the discussion whether "periimplantitis" should even be considered a "disease" or whether marginal bone loss instead would represent a complication of having a foreign body placed in the oral cavity.