Histopathological analysis of biopsies of "peri-implant inflammatory lesions." Everything is not what it seems.
Didac Sotorra-FiguerolaIrene Lafuente-Ibáñez de MendozaCarmen Parra-PérezJosé Manuel Aguirre-UrizarPublished in: Clinical implant dentistry and related research (2020)
An important percentage of cases whose initial presumptive clinical diagnosis was "peri-implant inflammatory lesion" truly corresponded to other reactive and neoplastic processes. Thus, it is key to always submit all the tissue removed during the implant surgery, in order to perform a good histopathological study and achieve the correct final diagnosis.