Evaluate the efficacy of adjunctive mechanical/physical decontamination to non-surgical submarginal instrumentation in patients with peri-implantitis. MATERIAL AND
✦ Clinical Takeaway ✦
No actionable change for audiologists — this study concerns dental implant gum disease (peri-implantitis) and has no relevance to audiology practice.
✦ Why It Matters ✦
This article is outside the audiology domain entirely; it belongs to dental/oral surgery literature and has no bearing on hearing, balance, or auditory science.
✦ Key Points ✦
- 01Pilot RCT comparing Er:YAG laser and erythritol air-polishing as add-ons for peri-implantitis treatment.
- 02Peri-implantitis is an infection of the tissue around dental implants — not an audiology topic.
- 03Small pilot design limits generalisability even within its own field.
- 04No hearing, balance, or auditory processing relevance identified.
- 05Results should be interpreted with caution given pilot scale.
✦ Claims & Evidence ✦
ClaimEvidenceSupport
Er:YAG laser and erythritol air-polishing can be used adjunctively in non-surgical peri-implantitis treatment.
studypartially supported✦ Research metadata ✦
- PMID
- 42387326
- DOI
- 10.1111/clr.70153.
- Journal
- Clinical Oral Implants Research
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 1b
- Population
- Patients with peri-implantitis undergoing non-surgical treatment
- Intervention
- Er:YAG laser or erythritol air-polishing as adjuncts to submarginal instrumentation
- Comparator
- Non-surgical submarginal instrumentation alone
Primary outcomes
Efficacy of adjunctive laser/air-polishing on peri-implantitis outcomes