Alexandria, VA, USA – A symposium advancing strategies for fostering peri-implant health was presented at the 104th General Session of the IADR, which was held in conjunction with the 55th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research and the 50th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research on March 25-28, 2026 in San Diego, CA, USA.
Peri-implantitis represents a growing clinical challenge worldwide. Despite the diagnostic criteria established at the 2017 World Workshop, critical knowledge gaps remain in understanding how dysbiotic biofilms, host responses, prosthetic designs, and peri-implant soft-tissue interfaces interact to drive disease initiation and progression.
This symposium bridged basic discovery with clinical translation, offering new and timely insights that directly impact patient care. Cutting-edge presentations featured: (1) multi-omics signatures distinguishing peri-implant mucositis from health; (2) updated evidence on patient- and prosthesis-related risk factors; (3) novel data on the implant–abutment microgap as a bacterial reservoir; and (4) innovative strategies to optimize the soft tissue–implant interface. By integrating these new research findings into a cohesive bench-to-bedside framework, the symposium equipped both clinicians and researchers to refine diagnosis, personalize therapy, and advance regenerative strategies for fostering peri-implant health.
Organized by Guo-Hao Lin, University of California, San Francisco, USA; Hanae Saito, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA; Jill Helms, Stanford University, CA, USA; Eswar Kandaswamy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA; and Vivek T. Math, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA the symposium, “Novel Insights into Peri-implant Diseases” took place on Friday, March 27 at 2 p.m. PDT (UTC-7).
About IADR/AADOCR
The International Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (IADR) is a nonprofit organization with a mission to drive dental, oral, and craniofacial research for health and well-being worldwide. IADR represents the individual scientists, clinician-scientists, dental professionals, and students based in academic, government, non-profit, and private-sector institutions who share our mission. The American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR) is the largest division of IADR. Learn more at www.iadr.org.
