International Journal of Dentistry Research 2017; 2(3): 80-85 ; DOI:10.31254/dentistry.2017.2306
Effect of photo activated disinfection on osseointegration of immediate implants placed in infected sockets
Ahmed Nagi Alghandour1 , Tarek Elsharkawy2 , Mohamed Elshalkamy3 , Abdelbadee Abdollah4
1. Master degree in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
2. Professor of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
3. Assistant Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
4. lecturer of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 20th February, 2017 / Accepted: 25th September, 2017 / Published : 31st December, 2017
The technique of immediate implant placement was first described by Lazzara in 1989. This one-step surgical procedure reduces treatment time, improves esthetic out-comes, increases comfort during healing, and has proven to be a predictable strategy with a high success rate in absence of periapical lesions. The presence of active infection in the extraction site is considered one of the main contraindications to immediate implant insertion in the socket because of the increased possibility of infection spreading to peri-implant tissues during the healing period. Photodynamic therapy is based on the idea that nontoxic photosensitive agent, called photosensitizer activated by light with susceptible wavelength and produces singlet oxygen and free radicals, which are cytotoxic for the target cells. This technique has proven to reduce periapical infection and so provide more success rate for immediate implant in infected sockets.
Dental Implant, Immediate Implant, Photodynamic Therapy, Infected Sockets, Healing, Periimplantitis, Photosensitizer, Disinfection.
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