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Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus as a risk factor for peri-implantitis

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Marja Pöllänen and Heidi Kuula
11.2.2025

Level of evidence: C

Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus may increase the risk for peri-implantitis.

The evidence is mainly supported by cohort and case-control studies and systematic reviews/meta-analysis. Imprecision in results. The role of a long term unstable DM is difficult/unethical to study, because the goal of DM treatment is stable glycemic status.

Table 1. Description of the included studies
Reference Study type Population Intervention and comparison Outcomes Risk of bias
RCT=randomized controlled trial; SR=systematic review; MA=meta-analysis
«Carra MC, Blanc-Sylvestre N, Courtet A, ym. Primor...»1 SR/MA
The efficacy of risk factor
control to prevent the occurrence of peri-implant diseases (PIDs) in adult patients
Interventional and observational studies up to 8/2022 with
at least 6 months of follow-up, overall 48 studies included
Preventive factors studied:
Glycemic control
Smoking cessation
Supportive periodontal/peri-implant protocol and compliance
Soft tissue augmentation
Oral hygiene
Bruxism control
Occurrence of peri-implant
mucositis and/or peri-implantitis at implant or patient level

For SPT also implant survival
Imprecision in results (wide confidence-intervals) on DM/glycemic control
«Dreyer H, Grischke J, Tiede C, ym. Epidemiology an...»2 SR/MA publications from January 1980 until March
2016 on 9 databases:
32 cross-sectional
studies, 10
case-control
studies, 7 prospective cohort studies, 3 cohort studies,
2 cross-sectional
retrospective studies, 1 randomized controlled
trial, 1 non-randomized
controlled trial and 1 retrospective
cohort study.
Peri-implantits prevalence/incidence and risk factors reported
Smokers and former smokers compared to non-smokers

DM patients compared to non-diabetics

Patients participating/not participating prophylaxis program

Patients having/not having periodontitis or history of periodontitis
Prevalece of peri-implantitis Imprecision in results among DM patients (wide confidence-intervals)

Indirectness in maintenance treatment

Heterogenity in studies on periodontitis or history of periodontitis prevented meta-analysis
«Wagner J, Spille JH, Wiltfang J, ym. Systematic re...»3 SR 56 studies; 40 clinical studies 16 reviews Diabetic patients compared to non-diabetics Complication rate; peri-implantitis and implant loss
Table 2. Additional comments for included studies
Reference Comments
«Carra MC, Blanc-Sylvestre N, Courtet A, ym. Primor...»1 Glycemic control was considered poor with HbA1c >8 %. Mean implant survival rate may be considered as acceptable in both (unstable and stable DM) groups; 95.6% and 99%, respectively. However, follow-up times were as short as 1-3 y in 5 of the included studies, including 1 study in meta-analysis.
Irregular SPT decreased implant survival OR 3.76 (1.5 – 9.45). The role of a long term unstable DM is difficult/unethical to study, because the goal of DM treatment is stable glycemic status.
«Dreyer H, Grischke J, Tiede C, ym. Epidemiology an...»2 Meta-analysis on smoking, included one study of former smokers, in which OR was 0,34 (0,01-9,95),
No meta-analysis on profylaxis program because of heterogenity among studies. Lack of professional maintenance was the primary outcome only in 1 included study, others used indirect outcomes such as presence plaque/plaque index
No meta-analysis performed on periodontitis/history of periodonitis
«Wagner J, Spille JH, Wiltfang J, ym. Systematic re...»3 No meta-analysis, narrative review

Results

Table 3. Outcome: Unstable DM as a risk factor for peri-implantitis
Reference Number of studies and number of patients (I/C) Follow-up time Absolute number of events (%) I Absolute number of events (%) C Relative effect (95% CI)
I= intervention; C=comparison; CI=confidence interval
«Carra MC, Blanc-Sylvestre N, Courtet A, ym. Primor...»1 11 studies on glycemic control
at implant level.
2 studies in meta-analysis of prevalence of peri-implantitis
1-7 y,
2-3,5 y in studies icluded in meta-analysis
poor glycemic control 10/212 good glycemic control 1/173 diabetic patients with dental implants and good glycaemic control
have a significantly lower risk of peri-implantitis (odds ratio [OR] = 0.16; 95 % confidence
interval [CI]: 0.03–0.96; I2: 0%) compared to patients with poor glycemic control
«Dreyer H, Grischke J, Tiede C, ym. Epidemiology an...»2 5 studies, 667 patients in meta-analysis not reported for studies on DM, overall from 6 months to 16 years OR 2.5; 95% CI 1.4-4.5)
«Wagner J, Spille JH, Wiltfang J, ym. Systematic re...»3 patients with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus suffer more often from peri-implantitis,
especially in the post-implantation time. Moreover, these patients show higher implant loss rates than healthy individuals
in long-term. Whereas, under controlled conditions success rates are similar
Level of evidence: low (C)
The quality of evidence is downgraded due to inconsistency, imprecision (wide confidence intervals), and upgraded due to strong effect

References

  1. Carra MC, Blanc-Sylvestre N, Courtet A, ym. Primordial and primary prevention of peri-implant diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Clin Periodontol 2023;50 Suppl 26():77-112 «PMID: 36807599»PubMed
  2. Dreyer H, Grischke J, Tiede C, ym. Epidemiology and risk factors of peri-implantitis: A systematic review. J Periodontal Res 2018;53(5):657-681 «PMID: 29882313»PubMed
  3. Wagner J, Spille JH, Wiltfang J, ym. Systematic review on diabetes mellitus and dental implants: an update. Int J Implant Dent 2022;8(1):1 «PMID: 34978649»PubMed