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IL-1 gene polymorphism and smoking as risk factors for peri-implant bone loss in a well-maintained population.
Clinical oral implants research - 1 Feb 2003
Feloutzis Andreas, Lang Niklaus P, Tonetti Maurizio S, Bürgin Walter, Brägger Urs, Buser Daniel, Duff Gordon W, Kornman Kenneth S
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the present study was (i) to investigate the relation between specific interleukin-1 (IL-1) gene polymorphisms and peri-implant bone loss at osseointegrated ITI(R) dental implants and (ii) to explore the association between these allelic variants of the IL-1 gene complex and peri-implant mucosal inflammation, in both smoking and non-smoking individuals. A sample of 90 consecutive Caucasian patients...
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