COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LACTUCA SATIVA GEL COATED VERSUS UNCOATED IMPLANTS ON EARLY PERI-IMPLANT PARAMETERS
Description
Peri-implantitis results from bacterial biofilm causing inflammation and bone loss.
Surface conditioning can prevent bacterial adhesion. Lactuca Sativa has
antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties. Gel coating may reduce peri
implant inflammation. Twenty implants were placed in 18 healthy patients and
randomly divided into two groups. Group A (Lactuca Sativa gel-coated) and Group
B (uncoated). Clinical parameters, including modified plaque index and modified
sulcular bleeding index and crestal bone level, were recorded at Baseline and after
4 months. At four months, Lactuca Sativa gel–coated implants showed better
plaque control, reduced bleeding, and less crestal bone loss than uncoated
implants, indicating improved early peri-implant tissue health and bone response.
This concludes that Lactuca sativa gel surface conditioning showed improved early
peri-implant tissue response with reduced inflammation and crestal bone loss
compared to controls.