Abstract:Objective To investigate the relationships between the peri-implantitis of the oral cavity and the levels of inflammatory factors in the surrounding gingival crevicular fluid (GCF). Methods One hundred and twenty patients with implant restoration from April 2014 to April 2016 were enrolled in this study. There were totally 128 implants , which were divided into healthy implant group (81) and inflammatory implant group (47), while the corresponding contralateral natural healthy teeth were used as the control group (62). GCF was collected, and the periodontal examination was performed which included plaque index (PLI), probing depth (PD) and sulcus bleeding index (SBI). The levels of IL-6, IL-1β, TNF-α and MMP-8 in the GCF were measured by ELISA. The correlations of PLI, SBI and PD with the IL-6, IL-1β, TNF-α and MMP-8 levels in the GCF were analyzed. Results The levels of IL-6, IL-1β, TNF-α and MMP-8 in the GCF, and PLI, SBI and PD in the inflammatory implant group were higher than those in the healthy implant group and the control group, the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05); while there were no significant differences between the healthy implant group and the control group (P > 0.05). SBI,PLI and PD were positively correlated with IL-6, IL-1β, TNF-α and MMP-8 levels (P < 0.05). Conclusions Periimplantitis is closely related to the inflammatory factors in the gingival crevicular fluid, and the inflammatory factors could reflect the health status of the peri-implant tissues to a certain extent.