“…Renvert et al 12 PPD, bleeding, plaque Hyperplasia, full-mouth plaque score, local plaque score, PPD at the worst site of implant, mean PPD, BOP, and bleeding (after PPD) Má ximo et al 13 PPD, bleeding, suppuration Plaque index (PI) ( 14 PPD, bleeding, plaque Bleeding on sampling (BOS), PPD in millimetres, full-mouth bleeding score (FMBS) (after PPD), bleeding on probing (BOP) (after PPD), full-mouth plaque score (FMPS), local plaque score (LPS) Schwarz et al 15 Plaque 18 Plaque, bleeding, recession, CAL Plaque index (PI), BOP, probing depth (PD), gingival recession (GR), clinical attachment level (CAL) Karring et al 19 Plaque, bleeding, PPD Plaque (PL), BOP, PPD Schwarz et al 20 Plaque, bleeding, recession, CAL Plaque index (PI) (Lö e 27 ), bleeding on probing (BOP), probing depth (PD), gingival recession (GR), clinical attachment level (CAL) Romeo et al 21 Suppuration, plaque, bleeding, PPD, recession, CAL 22 PPD, CAL, bleeding Pocket probing depth, probing attachment level, bleeding on probing Tang et al 23 PPD, BOP, plaque, Plaque index, probing pocket depth, bleeding upon probing 33 Immunological, radiographic ELISA (TNF-a, IL-4, IL-10, RANKL), OPG, periapical intraoral radiographs for each implant at baseline (paralleling technique and radiographically positioned) (peri-implant bone loss using abutments and the threads of the implants as reference points) Renvert et al 14 Culturing, DNA Culturing (TVC): Staphylococcus aureus, enteric rods, and enterococci; DNA-DNA hybridisation techniques: P. gingivalis, P. intermedia, P. nigrescens, T. forsythia, A. actinomycetemcomitans, Fusobacterium nucleatum, T. denticola, Parvimonas micra (previously Peptostreptococcus micros or Micromonas micros), Campylobacter rectus, Eikenella corrodens, Selenomonas noxia, and Streptococcus intermedius Schwarz et al 15 Radiographic Periapical radiographs with the long cone paralleling technique Roos-Janså ker et al 16 Radiographic Radiographs (parallel long cone standardised using individually made biteblocks on an Eggen holder (Renvert et al 36 ). Romeo et al 34 Radiographic Marginal bone loss (MBL) measurement system setting and MBL assessment: distance between implant neck and the most apical point of each fixture (red vertical line); implant neck height (yellow vertical line); implant neck diameter (blue horizontal line); peri-implant bone resorption mesial and distal to each implant (white vertical lines).…”