Practice offers laser treatment for peri-implantitis as implants placed in the 2000s and 2010s reach the age when bone loss becomes common

PARAMUS, NJ, UNITED STATES, September 17, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- A dental implant placed in 2011 is now fifteen years old. For a growing number of patients in Bergen County, that is around the point where the gum and bone around the implant begin to break down, often with no pain to signal it.

The condition is called peri-implantitis. Research cited by the 2017 World Workshop on the Classification of Periodontal and Peri-Implant Diseases put its weighted mean prevalence at 22 percent, with the earlier and reversible stage, peri-implant mucositis, at 43 percent. The same review found prevalence climbs the longer an implant has been in place, which is why the patients most affected are rarely the ones who just had surgery.

Paramus Dental Arts sees the pattern in patients who arrive from other practices. The implant was placed years ago, the case was considered finished, and no one has evaluated the tissue around it since.

"An implant does not get cavities, so patients assume there is nothing left to watch," said Dr. Olga Degtyareva of Paramus Dental Arts. "But the bone holding it can recede quietly. By the time an implant feels loose, the treatment options have already narrowed considerably."

The clinical sign is unremarkable and easy to miss outside a dental chair: bleeding when the tissue around the implant is probed. That single finding is what separates healthy peri-implant tissue from disease in the current classification system. Smoking and plaque accumulation were identified in the research as contributing factors, along with a lack of regular maintenance visits, which the consensus associated with progression from the reversible stage to the destructive one.

Historically, treating a failing implant meant opening the gum surgically or removing the implant entirely, grafting bone, and waiting months before attempting a replacement. Paramus Dental Arts performs LAPIP, the Laser-Assisted Peri-Implantitis Procedure, using the same Nd:YAG laser the practice uses for LANAP gum therapy around natural teeth. The protocol treats the infected tissue around the implant without incisions or sutures. Whether an implant can be saved depends on how much bone has already been lost, which is why the practice pushes evaluation earlier rather than later.

Bergen County's implant population is aging alongside its residents, and the practice expects the volume of failing-implant cases in North Jersey to keep growing for the next decade. Patients who had implants placed elsewhere, particularly by a provider they no longer see, can have the tissue assessed during a standard examination.

Paramus Dental Arts is led by Dr. Olga Degtyareva and Dr. Margarita Degtyareva at 27 Madison Ave, Suite 110. The practice provides general, cosmetic, periodontal, and implant dentistry, including full-arch implant restoration, LANAP laser gum therapy, sedation options, TMJ treatment, and sleep apnea therapy.

Details on peri-implantitis treatment: https://www.paramusdentalarts.com/lapip-failing-implant-treatment/
Laser therapy: https://www.paramusdentalarts.com/laser-dentistry/
Long-term implant care: https://www.paramusdentalarts.com/implant-maintenance/

About Paramus Dental Arts

Paramus Dental Arts is a comprehensive dental practice in Paramus, New Jersey, serving families across Bergen County and North Jersey with general, cosmetic, periodontal, and implant dentistry.

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