Nosological status of chronic peri-implantitis: syndrome or disease?
The purpose of this article was to discuss the problem of chronic peri-implantitis from the position of it’s nosological status based on the recent classiﬁ cation of diseases and syndromes. According to basic nosological criteria, including etiological, pathogenetic, pathomorphological, clinical and radiological signs of a disease, chronic peri-implantitis is an inﬂ ammatorydestructive process in the implant area, which meets the most of the symptoms of osteomyelitis process. Working hypothesis presented expanding the term “peri-implantitis” to inﬂ ammatory-infectious process and further, to nosological status of chronic localized osteomyelitis, will deepen understanding of it’s pathogenesis and give a content to improvement of surgical techniques for restorative treatment of peri-implantitis with increased clinical and prognostic efﬁ cacy.