Marco Antonio Alarcón1, Ignacio Sanz-Sánchez2, Andrea López-Pacheco1, Lorenzo Tavelli3, Maria Elisa Galarraga-Vinueza4, Frank Schwarz5, Hugo Romanelli6, Luis Peredo7, Claudio Mendes Pannuti8, Enrique Javer9, Andrés Felipe Vieira10, Mauricio Montealegre11, Roberto Galindo12, Vilma Umanzor13, Alejandro Treviño14, Patricia Fretes-Wood15, Marissa Cisneros16, James R Collins17, Luis Bueno18, Xiomara Gimenéz19, Lilian Málaga-Figueroa1, Mariano Sanz2. 1. Academic Department of Clinical Stomatology, PerioImplant Research Group UPCH, Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University, Lima, Perú. 2. ETEP (Etiology and Therapy of Periodontal and Peri-Implant Diseases) Research Group, University Complutense, Madrid, Spain. 3. Department of Periodontics & Oral Medicine, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. 4. School of Dentistry, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador. 5. Department of Oral Surgery and Implantology, Carolinum, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. 6. Department of Periodontics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Maimónides University, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 7. Private Practice, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. 8. Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. 9. Conservative Dentistry Department, Chair of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. 10. Assistant Professor of Periodontology Posgraduate Program, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia. 11. Posgraduate Periodontology, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia. 12. Posgraduate Periodontology and Oral Implantology, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala. 13. Private Practice, Periodontics and Implant Dentistry, Department of Social/Prevention, School of Dentistry, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. 14. Postgraduate Studies and Research Division, Faculty of Dentistry, National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico. 15. Department of Implantology, Universidad del Pacífico, Asunción, Paraguay. 16. Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Universidad Interamericana de Panama, Panama City, Panama. 17. Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. 18. Periodontics Department, School of Dentistry, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay. 19. PerioImplant Research Group UCV, University Central of Venezuelan, Caracas, Venezuela.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The social diversity, heterogeneous culture, and inherent economic inequality factors in Latin America (LA) justify conducting a comprehensive analysis on the current status and future trends of peri-implant diseases and conditions. Thus, the aim of this Delphi study was to predict the future trends in the diagnosis and treatment of peri-implant diseases and conditions in LA countries for the year 2030. METHODS: A Latin American steering committee and group of experts in implant dentistry validated a questionnaire including 64 questions divided into eight sections. The questionnaire was run twice with an interval of 45 days, with the results from the first round made available to all the participants in the second round. The results were expressed in percentages and data was analyzed describing the consensus level reached in each question. RESULTS: A total of 221 experts were invited to participate in the study and a total 214 (96.8%) completed the two rounds. Moderate (65%-85%) to high consensus (≥ 85%) was reached in 51 questions (79.69%), except in the questions dealing with "prevalence", where no consensus was reached. High and moderate consensus was attained for all the questions in three fields (risk factors and indicators, diagnosis and treatment of peri-implant conditions and deficiencies, and prevention and maintenance). CONCLUSIONS: The present study has provided relevant and useful information on the predictions in the diagnosis and treatment of peri-implant diseases with a high level of consensus among experts. Nevertheless, there is still a lack of agreement in certain domains.
BACKGROUND: The social diversity, heterogeneous culture, and inherent economic inequality factors in Latin America (LA) justify conducting a comprehensive analysis on the current status and future trends of peri-implant diseases and conditions. Thus, the aim of this Delphi study was to predict the future trends in the diagnosis and treatment of peri-implant diseases and conditions in LA countries for the year 2030. METHODS: A Latin American steering committee and group of experts in implant dentistry validated a questionnaire including 64 questions divided into eight sections. The questionnaire was run twice with an interval of 45 days, with the results from the first round made available to all the participants in the second round. The results were expressed in percentages and data was analyzed describing the consensus level reached in each question. RESULTS: A total of 221 experts were invited to participate in the study and a total 214 (96.8%) completed the two rounds. Moderate (65%-85%) to high consensus (≥ 85%) was reached in 51 questions (79.69%), except in the questions dealing with "prevalence", where no consensus was reached. High and moderate consensus was attained for all the questions in three fields (risk factors and indicators, diagnosis and treatment of peri-implant conditions and deficiencies, and prevention and maintenance). CONCLUSIONS: The present study has provided relevant and useful information on the predictions in the diagnosis and treatment of peri-implant diseases with a high level of consensus among experts. Nevertheless, there is still a lack of agreement in certain domains.