In ICOI’s official glossary, Craterization is cross-referenced to Pericervical saucerization.
Pericervical saucerization: Syn: Craterization.Pathologic crestal bone loss due to peri-implantitis.
Radiographically, the bone loss is cup-shaped or saucer-like around the coronal aspect of the dental implant.
See: Peri-implantitis.
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