Effects of silver nanoparticle coating on peri-implant mucosa and microbiome

Ryutaro Ito, Yusuke Taniguchi, Tadahiro Kashiwamura, Hirofumi Kido, Kae Kakura, Nao Suzuki · 2025

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Ryutaro Ito and co-authors test a silver nanoparticle coating for dental implants, in a 2025 paper. The coating goes on the implant's visible crown part after ultrasonic cleaning, and the team asked whether it improves gum health, tames bad breath, and reshapes the microbes around the implant. Nineteen maintenance patients took part, nine coated and ten cleaned only.

After three months, gum scores in the coated group had improved significantly more than in controls. Smell tests showed no score gap, though the type of odor shifted in the coated group and odor profiles moved in analysis while controls stayed put. Microbe mixes around the implants also diverged between groups, the team reports.

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CREATORRyutaro Ito, Yusuke Taniguchi, Tadahiro Kashiwamura, Hirofumi Kido, Kae Kakura, Nao Suzuki
YEAR2025
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE32 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC12852517

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