Platform Switching: A New Era in Implant Dentistry
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Platform switching is the use of smaller diameter abutments on wider diameter implants. It is used as a method of reducing crestal bone loss and maintaining the gingival papillae. Platform switching appears to limit crestal resorption and seems to preserve peri-implant bone levels. A certain amount of bone remodeling one year after final restoration occurs, but significant differences concerning the peri-implant bone height compared with the nonplatform switched abutments are still evident one year after final restoration. Review method: The basic search process included a systematic review of article in PubMed/Medline database dating between January 2000 and September 2009. Studies both of human beings and animals were reviewed in order to assess the influence of platform switching both on marginal bone loss around the cervical region of the implant and on soft tissue esthetics.
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