From immunology to clinical decision-making. How can basic sciences be connected with implant practice?
Peri-implantitis is a good example of a disease in which knowledge of immunology, microbiology, bone biology, and systemic diseases directly influences the understanding of the clinical situation. What students learn as mechanisms of inflammatory response, cytokine activation, or bone resorption becomes, in implant dentistry, the basis for interpreting a real patient. The PERI-EDU project shows […]
Data, indices and critical thinking. How can students be prepared for modern peri-implantitis diagnostics?
Modern diagnostics of peri-implantitis is not only about collecting individual parameters, but about interpreting them responsibly. Bleeding on probing, pocket depth, radiological findings, soft tissue condition, history of periodontitis, systemic diseases and potential inflammatory markers should be understood as elements of one clinical puzzle. The PERI-EDU project shows that academic education should prepare students not […]
How should we teach peri-implantitis as a multifactorial disease?
Peri-implantitis is increasingly difficult to present to students solely as a local complication related to bacterial biofilm. Biofilm remains the starting point, but the course of the disease also depends on the host immune response, bone biology, systemic diseases, local factors, prosthetics, and long-term patient maintenance. The PERI-EDU project shows that modern teaching of peri-implantitis […]