Table 1 Characteristics of the included studies in this systematic review. KM: keratinized mucosa.

From: The lack of keratinized mucosa as a risk factor for peri-implantitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Type

Number of patients/implants

Type of prosthesis

Average follow-up (year)

Prevalence of peri-implantitis

(Patient-level) (%)

Prevalence of peri-implantitis

(Implant-level) (%)

Keratinized mucosa cutoff point

Odds Ratio (implant- level) (95% CI)

Effect of KM on peri-implantitis

Alhakeem 2022

Cross-sectional

88/186

Fixed

7.3

9.6

 < 2 mm or ≥ 2 mm

14.94 (4.12–54.14)

Lack of KM is associated with peri-implantitis

Vilarrasa 2021

Cross-sectional

169/311

Fixed

Minimum of 1 year

22.5

17.7

 < 2 mm or ≥ 2 mm

4.85 (1.54–15.20)

Lack of KM is associated with peri-implantitis

Gharpure 2021

Cross-sectional

63/193

Fixed

1 year to > 10 years

19.17

 < 2 mm or ≥ 2 mm

1.55 (0.73–3.27)

Lack of KM is associated with peri-implantitis

Gunpinar 2020

Cross-sectional

382/1415

Fixed/removable

3.79

36.9

21.7

 < 2 mm or ≥ 2 mm

8.013 (3.494–18.380)

Lack of KM is associated with peri-implantitis

Wada 2019

Cross-sectional (retrospective)

543/1613

Fixed/removable

5.8

15.8

9.2

 < 2 mm or ≥ 2 mm

2.32 (1.29–4.16)

Lack of KM is associated with peri-implantitis

Atieh 2019

Cross-sectional (retrospective)

188/423

Fixed

8.1

10.1

5.4

 < 2 mm or ≥ 2 mm

6.29 (0.58–68.42)

Not significant

Romandini 2019

Cross-sectional

52/252

Overdenture on 4 implants

8.82

48.1

31.3

 < 2 mm or ≥ 2 mm

 

Not significant

Kumar 2018

Cross-sectional

86/222

Fixed

Minimum of 5 years

62.3

58.1

 < 2 mm or ≥ 2 mm

2.8 (0.6–17.5)

Not significant

Matarazzo 2018

Cross-sectional

211/748

Fixed

3.5

39.8

20.5

 < 2 mm or ≥ 2 mm

1.658 (1.062–2.589)

Lack of KM is associated with peri-implantitis

Dalago 2017

Cross-sectional

183/916

Fixed

5.64

16.4

7.3

 < 2 mm or ≥ 2 mm

1.69 (0.82–3.47)

Not significant

Ferreira 2015

Cross-sectional

192/725

4.02

8.33

9.39

 < 2 mm or ≥ 2 mm

1.52 (0.86–2.70)

Not significant

Canullo 2015

Cross-sectional

534/1507

Fixed

Healthy: 5

Peri-implantitis: 5.9

10.3

7.3

 < 2 mm or ≥ 2 mm

2.97 (1.67–5.31)

Lack of KM is associated with peri-implantitis

Vignoletti 2019

Cross-sectional

237/831

Fixed/removable

4.7

35

17.1

 < 1 mm or ≥ 1 mm

2.48 (0.46–13.38)

Lack of KM is associated with peri-implantitis

Poli 2016

Cross-sectional

103/421

Fixed/removable

 

4.5

 < 1 mm or ≥ 1 mm

3.99 (1.15–13.82)

Lack of KM is associated with peri-implantitis

Blume 2020

Cohort

145 implants

Fixed/removable

8.51

12.46

40.5

41.37

Presence/absence

4.489

(1.288–15.649)

Lack of KM is associated with peri-implantitis

Ahn 2019

Cross-sectional

111/209

Fixed/removable

Minimum of 7 years

16.7

Presence/absence

Presence of KM:

1.007 (0.384–2.638)

Not significant

Rokn 2017

Cross-sectional

134/478

Fixed

4.43

20.1

8.8

Presence (≥ 0.5 mm)/absence

3.89 (2.34–5.98)

Lack of KM is associated with peri-implantitis

Schwarz 2017

Cross-sectional

238/512

Fixed/removable

2.2

13.9

7.6

Presence/absence

1.74 (0.69–4.37)

Not significant

Koldsland 2011

Cross-sectional

109/354

Fixed/removable

8.4

20.4

11.4

Presence/absence

3.61 (1.31–9.92)

Not significant

Roos-Jansåker 2006

Cohort

218/982

Fixed/removable

9–14

6.68

6.72

Presence/absence

0.61 (0.36–1.03)

Not significant

(Presence of KM was associated with more bone loss)

Canullo 2016

Cross-sectional

56/332

Fixed

Healthy 6.48

Peri-implantitis 5.94

37.6

Mean KMW

healthy implants = 1.96 mm, Peri-implantitis = 1.96 mm

Not significant

Pimentel 2018

Cross-sectional

147/490

Fixed

300 implants < 5 years

190 implants > 5 years

19.1

9.2

 ≤ 2 mm or ≥ 3 mm

0.50 (0.27–0.92)

Presence of keratinized mucosa is associated with peri-implantitis