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## Background: The present study systematically reviewed the literature to investigate the effect of photodynamic therapy (pdt) or laser therapy (lt) in the management of peri-implant mucositis (p-im). ## Methods: The electronic databases were searched until october 2017. outcome measures were bleeding on probing (bop), plaque index (pi), or probing depth (pd). the addressed pico question was: "is pdt and lt effective in the management of p-im?" ## Results: A total of five studies included in the qualitative analysis, two of which had a low risk of bias. three studies used pdt while two studies used lt. all studies reported a significant improvement in clinical peri-implant inflammatory parameters in p-im. for pdt, one study demonstrated a significant reduction for pdt group as compared to manual debridement (md), while one study indicated comparable outcomes when tested with probiotics at follow-up. one study used pdt alone and indicated significant improvements in peri-implant parameters at follow-up. however, in the studies using lt, one study demonstrated a significant improvement in peri-implant parameters as compared to scaling and root planing alone, while other study indica

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Author

Abdulaziz M. Albaker; Aws S. ArRejaie; Mohammed Alrabiah; Tariq Abduljabbar

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2017

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)