Patients with Peri-Implantitis, unlike Those with a Healthy Peri-Implant Microenvironment, Display Antibodies to More Than One Heat Shock Protein (HSP 27, HSP 65 and HSP 90) Linear Epitope
The success of a dental implant treatment requires hard and soft tissue integration and osseointegration, mechanisms that entail a direct anchorage of the implant in the bone without interposition of soft tissue.Peri-implantitis is defined as an inflammatory reaction of the tissues surrounding a functioning dental implant.During inflammation, a hig