Exploring the Relationship Among Dental Caries, Nutritional Habits and Peri-implantitis

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2.1. Study design

The present cross-sectional study was conducted after approval from the local Ethics Committee (Ref. PER-ECL-PER-2017-08) and in accordance with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. It is reported according the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies Epidemiology (STROBE) statement recommendations (von Elm et al., 2009). Selected subjects were informed about the aims of the research, and written consent was obtained before starting the study.

2.2. Study population

Patients visiting the Postgraduate Periodontology Clinic of the Fac...

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Eligibility criteria

• • Inclusion Criteria
• • Males or females ≥ 18 years of age.
• • One or more dental implants with an implant-supported fixed restoration.
• • A minimum of one year elapsed from implant-supported restoration delivery.
• • Partially edentulous patients with more than 20 teeth in the mouth.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Inaccuracy in recording peri-implant parameters due to prosthesis design.
• • Implant cemented-retained prosthesis.
• • Patients previously treated for peri-implantitis.
• • Patients taking medications known to modify bone metabolism or with established degenerative diseases of bone (hyperparathyroidism, osteoporosis).
• • Patients who had taken antibiotics, nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs or corticosteroids for more than two weeks in the three months before the study.