Discomfort/pain due to peri-implant probing at titanium and zirconium implants: A cross-sectional study.
Florian BussmeyerMichael SaminskyPeter EickholzPublished in: Clinical oral implants research (2024)
Peri-implant probing caused significantly more discomfort/pain than periodontal probing. Patients who had taken analgesic medication experienced less discomfort and pain with peri-implant probing than those who had not; furthermore, titanium implants were associated with less pain than zirconium implants.