“…The association of IL1A gene (which codes for IL-1 ) polymorphisms with dental implant outcome was investigated in several studies (Campos et al, 2005c;Feloutzis et al, 2003;Gruica et al, 2004;Jansson et al, 2005;Lachmann et al, 2007;Laine et al, 2006;Lin et al, 2007;Rogers et al, 2002;Shimpuku et al, 2003b;Wilson and Nunn, 1999). Since IL1B gene (which codes for IL-1 ) was seen to be upregulated at early stages of healing and then down-regulated at later stages (Lin et al, 2010), polymorphisms in IL1B gene were also investigated for association with implant failure susceptibility (Campos et al, 2005b;Dirschnabel et al, 2011;Feloutzis et al, 2003;Gruica et al, 2004;Jansson et al, 2005;Lachmann et al, 2007;Laine et al, 2006;Lin et al, 2007;Melo et al, 2011;Montes et al, 2009;Rogers et al, 2002;Shimpuku et al, 2003b;Wilson and Nunn, 1999). Moreover, IL1RN gene (which codes for IL-1ra) was also searched for association to implant failure (Campos et al, 2005c;Laine et al, 2006;Montes et al, 2009).…”