Peri-Implantitis and its prevention in 3D
EMS partnered with Quintessence Publishing to create an exclusive 3D animated movie: “Peri-Implantitis and its prevention” which premiered at the EuroPerio9 in Amsterdam in front of 4000 viewers.
Just like with natural teeth, if the plaque biofilm is allowed to accumulate at inflammation of the surrounding soft tissue - peri-implant mucositis - occurs which can subsequently develop into peri-implantitis, characterized by peri-implant bone destruction and even implant loss.
The new 3D movie Peri-implantitis and its Prevention, the sixth episode of the cutting edge HD video animation series on Cell-to-Cell Communication describes the processes from peri-implant health to mucositis, the transition from peri-implant mucositis to peri-implantitis and finally healing and prevention by visualizing the highly complex intercellular interactions and signaling pathways. Special attention is given on the situation around the healthy, functional dental implant, the aggregation of bacteria on the dental implant surface and the biofilm in the niches.
This sophisticated HD video animation even more successfully conveys the essentials of cell-to-cell communication, visualizing the invisible yet fascinating world of signals and signaling within the human body.
“It’s such an example of communication, where you have access to reach out to the broad community of dentistry… [T]he perfect tool where people working … in practice can [take advantage of] science being communicated in a very accessible manner…”, Professor Tord Berglundh, Gothenburg.
“The film premiere was really bombastic, knowledge transfer with excellent animations.”, Prof. Søren Jepsen.
“[T]he holobionts concept is one in which the human being lives with its own bacteria. We are more bacteria than we are human cells… so we live in a symbiosis. [T]he host cells (human cells) live with the bacteria cells in harmony and that’s what keeps us healthy. Where things go wrong, is where the symbiosis changes and if we allow, in the mouth, plaque bacteria to accumulate then sometimes the destructive bacteria emerge within that biofilm … and we end up producing damage to our own tissues.”, Prof. Iain Chapple.
”Our brain thinks in three dimensions and the film enables us to understand images on different levels… [We get the practitioner’s eye, clinician’s understanding and the biology of the healing process].”, Professor Bernd Stadlinger, Zurich.