The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of mucositis and peri-implantitis associated with the use of two types of implants—conventional versus platform switching after one year of loading. A longitudinal study of 64 implants in 25 patients was performed. Clinical variables, such as clinical pocket depth and bleeding upon probing, plaque, mobility, gingival recession, clinical attachment loss, and radiographic bone loss, were analyzed. The case definition for peri-implantitis was established as pockets of ≥ 5 mm with bleeding and bone loss ≥ 2 mm. One year after implant loading, the prevalence of mucositis and peri-implantitis with conventional implants (CIs) was 81.2% and 15.6%, respectively. For platform switching implants (PSIs) the prevalence was 90% and 6.6%, respectively. These differences were not statistically significant (p = 0.5375). However, there was a trend towards a lower prevalence of peri-implantitis with platform switching Implants.

This study assessed the presence of tetracycline-resistant bacteria in five different grassland-based production systems dedicated to raising dairy cattle located in the Colombian Andes. Animal (ruminal fluid and feces) and environmental (soil and water) samples were evaluated, and resistant heterotrophic bacteria were found in rumen fluid, feces, soil, and runoff water samples. The resistant bacteria were isolated and identified based on the 16S rDNA region. Subsequently, they were evaluated for the presence of tet genes, which encode ribosomal protection proteins and membrane efflux pumps. The most frequent phyla detected were Firmicutes and Proteobacteria. The most common resistance genes found were tet(W), tet(Q), and tet(M). The nucleotide sequences of the genes showed no differences in bacteria isolated from environmental samples versus ruminal fluid and feces. This result suggests that the observed environmental resistance in the evaluated grasslands is the result of horizontal gene transfer from animals to the environment.

En este estudio se evaluó la presencia de reservorios ambientales y animales de bacterias resistentes a la oxitetraciclina (OTC) en cinco sistemas de producción extensivo dedicados a la cría de ganado lechero y localizados en el Altiplano Cundiboyacense. Los tamaños poblacionales de las bacterias heterótrofas resistentes, estimados en muestras ambientales (suelo y agua) y animales (líquido ruminal y estiérco) mediante técnicas de cultivo, fueron notables especialmente en muestras de líquido ruminal, estiércol, suelo y agua de escorrentía. Bacterias resistentes fueron aisladas, identificadas mediante la región 16S ADNr y evaluadas para la presencia de genes tet que confieren resistencia a la tetraciclina y que codifican para proteínas de protección ribosomal y proteínas membranales de eflujo. Los filos más comunes dentro de las 140 cepas aisladas fueron Firmicutes y Proteobacteria dentro de las cuales se encontraron géneros típicos tanto del ambiente como del tracto intestinal. Los genes de resistencia más comunes fueron tet(W), tet(Q) y tet(M) y la comparación entre sus secuencias no muestran diferencias entre genes de bacterias aisladas del ambiente y bacterias del tracto digestivo de los animales, lo que sugiere que los reservorios de resistencia en el ambiente son el resultado de la transferencia horizontal de genes desde las bacterias resistentes de los reservorios animales.