The use of hyaluronic acid as an adjuvant in the management of mucositis.

ABSTRACT

In recent years, with an increase in the number of implants, there has been a related increase in cases of pathologies related to infections around the implant site and on the implant surface i.e. mucositis and peri-implantitis. The purpose of this pilot study is to evaluate the potential efficacy of nebulized hyaluronic acid in the management of mucositis. The results of the statistical analysis demonstrate that there was no difference between the pocket depth as measured in the treated sites at time 0 (pre-treatment) and time 1 (15 days weeks post-treatment). However, the difference between bleeding on probing as measured at time 0 and time 1 indicated an improvement on both sides, with a slightly greater improvement on the side treated with HA.