TY  - JOUR
A1  - Parvini, Puria
A1  - Saminsky, Michael
A1  - Stanner, Julia
A1  - Klum, Matthias
A1  - Nickles, Katrin
A1  - Eickholz, Peter
T1  - Discomfort/pain due to periodontal and peri‐implant probing with/without platform switching
T2  - Clinical oral implants research
N2  - Objective: To compare discomfort/pain following periodontal probing around teeth and peri‐implant probing around implants with or without platform switching.
Methods: Two dentists recruited and examined 65 patients, each of them exhibiting a dental implant with a contralateral tooth. Only two types of implants were included: one with and one without platform switching. Periodontal and peri‐implant probing depths (PPD) and probing attachment level (PAL) were assessed. Whether implant or tooth was measured first was randomly assigned. Immediately after probing, patients scored discomfort/pain using a visual analogue scale (VAS). The emergence profiles of implant crowns were assessed as angles between interproximal surfaces on radiographs.
Results: Sixty‐five patients (age 69; 63/76 years [median; lower/upper quartile]; 38 females, 11 smokers) were examined. With the exception of mean PPD and PAL (p < .05) clinical parameters (PPD, PAL, bleeding on probing, suppuration) were well balanced between implants and teeth. Peri‐implant probing (VAS: 10; 0.75/16.25) caused significantly (p < .001) more discomfort/pain than periodontal probing (4; 0/10). Logistic regression analysis identified a larger difference between discomfort/pain for peri‐implant and periodontal probing in the maxilla than the mandible (p = .003). Comparing discomfort/pain between implants maxilla (p = .006) and emergence profile (p = .015) were associated with discomfort/pain. Type of implant (with/without platform switching) had no significant effect on discomfort/pain.
Conclusions: Peri‐implant probing caused significantly more discomfort/pain than periodontal probing. Implant design with/without platform switching failed to have a significant effect on discomfort/pain.
KW  - dental implants
KW  - discomfort/pain
KW  - peri‐implant probing
KW  - periodontal probing,
KW  - platform switching
Y1  - 2019
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/57023
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-570232
SN  - 1600-0501
SN  - 0905-7161
VL  - 30
IS  - 10
SP  - 997
EP  - 1004
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Oxford
ER  -