Combating Infection: The Role of Implant Materials
Implant infection is a devastating complication with severe health and socioeconomic implications. Approximately 1-2% of all patients undergoing joint replacement develop a periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) following surgery. In dental implantology, peri-implantitis is also a challenge with a prevalence around 20% and if not treated properly ending with bone or even implant loss. Physicians, implantologists and researchers from both disciplines are exploring multiple directions to understand why implants get infected and what role the implant materials play.
Dr. Dominik Pförringer has asked the interdisciplinary faculty Prof. Javad Parvizi, Prof. Lia Rimondini and Prof. Georgios Romanos their view on this topic. Watch below their answers to some of the questions.
*The presented authors’ views and opinions are solely those of the authors of these publications.
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Orthopedics Meets Dentistry 2020
Is a world free of metal implants in orthopedics and dentistry conceivable? Dr. Dominik Pförringer's asked the interdisciplinary faculty Prof. Justin Cobb, Prof. Corrado Piconi and Prof. Jens Fischer their view on this topic. Watch below their answers to some of the questions.
*The presented authors’ views and opinions are solely those of the authors of these publications.
„Do you see that all doctors, being orthopedics, implantologists or dentists, are they ready for ceramics yet?"
Prof. Corrado Piconi, Professor for biomaterials for orthopedic and dental. Orthopedics, Faculty of Medicine of the Catholic University, and Senior Associate in (ISTEC-CNR), Faenza.
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