“…The ligature‐induced peri‐implantitis experimental model used for this study has been extensively used to study the pathophysiology of peri‐implant diseases and the efficacy of different therapeutic interventions (Albouy, Abrahamsson, & Berglundh, ; Albouy, Abrahamsson, Persson, & Berglundh, ; Berglundh, Gotfredsen, Zitzmann, Lang, & Lindhe, ; Berglundh, Lindhe, Marinello, Ericsson, & Liljenberg, ; Lindhe et al, ; Marinello et al, ; Martins, Ramos, Baptista, & Dard, ; Xu et al, ; Zitzmann, Berglundh, Ericsson, & Lindhe, ). The application of submarginal ligatures enhanced plaque accumulation and the development of peri‐implantitis, evidenced by bone loss and the development of peri‐implant bone defects, mainly circumferential (Carral et al, ; Schwarz et al, , ).…”