In oral implantology, peri-implantitis has been the subject of a heated debate – not least at the 15th Expert Symposium of the BDIZ EDI in Cologne. The inflammation – or, as some prefer, disease – of the tissues around the implant remains a challenging topic for dentists.

With this issue we provide you with the new Guideline on update peri-implantitis and we give you a glimpse of the debate between two experienced implant dentists on how to deal with the advanced peri-implantitis. Is explantation the better choice?