Patients with Implants are Great Candidates for Perio Protect

Keeping The Margins Clean

Patients with implants are 10x more likely to have the implant fail that to have their natural teeth fail even in patients with treated chronic periodontitis. Help your patients keep their margins clean. Offer them Perio Tray™ therapy.

Research Supporting PerioProtect for Implant Maintenance

Rx PerioProtect homecare improved the health of periodontal tissue around natural and restored teeth.

A unique aspect of this trial was the evaluation of periodontal tissue associated with restored teeth and tooth surfaces. "There were substantial differences in the number of restored sites between individual subjects, with some having no restorations to others with nearly as many restored sites as natural tooth sites. Consequently, it was considered likely that inter-subject variability would mask potential treatment effects. Nevertheless, although only about two-thirds of the subjects had relevant restorations, a similar pattern for probing depth changes to that for natural teeth was apparent (Fig. 7). Furthermore, the differences in PPD between the two tray/peroxide adjunct treatment groups and the control (SRP only) group were statistically significant for all follow-up assessments, resulting in mean improvements in PPD of 0.6-0.8 mm versus the control by study end. For practicing dentists, analysis of restored sites merits attention in future periodontal studies to help identify and evaluate effective treatment options for tissues adjacent to restorations that are difficult to restore to and maintain in healthy condition."

• Putt M, Mallatt M, Messmann L, and Proskin H. A 6-month clinical investigation of custom tray application of peroxide gel with or without doxycycline as adjuncts to scaling and root planning for treatment of periodontitis." American Journal of Dentistry. 2014;27:273-284. 
• Cochrane RB and Sindelar B. Case Series Report of 66 Refractory Maintenance Patients Evaluating the Effectiveness of Topical Oxidizing Agents. The Journal of Clinical Dentistry 2015;26:109-114.

• Fraser G. Treating periodontal disease with Perio Protect: Catapult Education members evaluate this gum disease treatment device. DPR. (2018)May:90-91.  

Rx PerioProtect homecare reduces subgingival bacterial loads. 

"In vitro results indicate that 1.7% hydrogen peroxide gel breaks down the exopolysaccharide slime and cell walls of S. mutans, and begins to debride the cells from glass carriers within 10 minutes. Diffusion modeling indicates that hydrogen peroxide can penetrate into the deeper pockets (9 mm), but also its concentration in these deep pockets will increase over wearing time in the absence of degradation by peroxidases and catalase. Site sampling data confirm diffusion modeling results, with evidence that medication delivered with the prescription tray reduced subgingival bacterial loads and enhanced healing of corresponding oral tissues."

• Dunlap T, Marshall M, Costerton J, Schaudinn C, Sindelar B, and Cotton J. Subgingival Delivery of Oral Debriding Agents. The Journal of Clinical Dentistry 2011;22:149-158.

Rx PerioProtect homecare reduces plaque and gingival inflammation. 

"Topical applications of peroxides, which are well known antimicrobials that can help reduce plaque and gingival inflammation can circumvent many of the limitations associated with LDAs."

• Putt M, Mallatt M, Messmann L, and Proskin H. A 6-month clinical investigation of custom tray application of peroxide gel with or without doxycycline as adjuncts to scaling and root planning for treatment of periodontitis. American Journal of Dentistry. 2014;27:273-284.

Rx PerioProtect homecare can help improve the health of soft tissue around implants, reducing bleeding, inflammation, pocket probing depths, and bacterial loads, establishing a healthier gingival foundation for implant maintenance. 

• Case Study 1: Patient used PerioProtect homecare before implant placement to reduce bacterial loads, bleeding, inflammation and pocket depths, and to maintain health of the implant during and after placement. 
• Case Study 2: Patient with peri-implantitis used PerioProtect homecare to reduce bleeding, suppuration, inflamation and pocket probing depths. 
• Case Study 3: Patient with peri-implantitis used PerioProtect homecare to reduce bleeding, suppuration, inflammation, and pocket probing depths. Bone stabilized. 
• Case Study 4: Patient used PerioProtect homecare to address peri-implant mucositis and maintain health of tissues.

"Perio Protect therapy can be adapted for all clinical situations through Phases 1-3 along with be incorporated into short and long term implant management." Periodontist Sam Shamardi DMD explains how he uses PerioProtect for implants in this CE webinar. 

Patient Candidates and Your Standard of Care

Focusing on patient health and establishing a standard of care is the best way to select patients and implement Perio Protect. How much bleeding is acceptable in your practice? It's a serious question, and if you know the answer, you know who is a good candidate for Perio Protect and why. Patients exhibiting bleeding over that threshold need your help.

At Perio Protect, our standard of care recommends Perio Tray™ therapy for patients with 10 or more bleeding points. You can pick your own number for your practice, but ten is a good start. Ten bleeding points means the infection is not isolated. You also don't want to watch a disease progress. The best way to manage periodontal disease is to catch and treat it early. When that is not possible, long-term remission is most successful with comprehensive homecare from Perio Protect.

The following cases also benefit from Perio Tray™ therapy:

• Patients who refuse scaling or surgery
• Patients with chronic systemic inflammation
• Patients who have restorations with margins exhibiting bleeding
• For comprehensive prevention.

The Whole Package

We put it all into one easy package for your success with Perio Protect. For this limited time offer, you get

• Personalized team training (online) with 1 CE
• One set of Perio Tray™ medicament carriers
• One case of Perio Gel (12 tubes)
• One case of Perio GelX (12 tubes)
• Complete internal marketing package (demo models, chairside guides, posters, countercards, etc)
• Social media marketing

*Available in United States offices only. If you are in Canada, please call us to discuss options for you.