introduction: some clinicians use a handheld screw driver instead of a torque wrench to definitively tighten abutment screws. the aim of this study was to compare the removal torque of one-piece and two-piece abutments tightened with a handheld driver and a torque control ratchet. methods: 40 iti implants were placed in acrylic blocks and divided into 4 groups. in groups one and two, 10 iti one...

Guided bone regeneration, a dental surgical procedure, is used to promote growth of the alveolar hard tissue for defect with help membranes and other barrier techniques. The membrane fixation technique plays significant role in success graft. Several methods have been proposed fixation, such as use holding suture tag pin. However, there are certain disadvantages procedures cumbersome often seco...

João Pitta, Dr Med Dent, MAS/Ana Todorovic, DDS, PhD/Vincent Fehmer, MDT/Malin Strasding, Dent/Irena Sailer, Prof Dent: Monolithic zirconia implant-supported restorations connected to titanium bases or inserts are increasing in popularity due their application a full digital workflow. These prefabricated abutments the all-ceramic superstructure by adhesive cementation. Although limited clinica...

PURPOSE All-ceramic abutments are employed increasingly often in implant dentistry for esthetic reasons. In vitro stress testing is required to evaluate the suitability of these constructions, especially in load-bearing posterior regions. The purpose of the study was to assess and compare the fatigue and fracture resistance of one- and two-piece computer-aided design/computer-assisted manufactu...

PURPOSE An in vitro study was performed to assess the effect of different degrees of clinical reduction of zirconia abutments on the failure load of clinical assemblies. MATERIALS AND METHODS Zirconia abutments (Y-TZP Ceramic Abutment, Astra Tech) were prepared with 0, 0.5, or 1 mm of external axial reduction starting 1 mm above the height-of-contour. Abutments (n = 10) were attached to impla...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to examine the bending moments and fracture patterns of different zirconia abutments with internal implant-abutment connections after static loading and to compare their bending moments to those of internally connected titanium abutments. MATERIALS AND METHODS Three types of customized zirconia abutments (Straumann CARES abutments/Straumann BL implants [T1], ...

INTRODUCTION Implant-supported prostheses have to overcome a major difficulty presented by the morphology and esthetics of peri-implant tissues in the anterior sector. Diverse therapeutic techniques are used for managing the mucosa adjacent to the implant and the most noteworthy is immediate/deferred fixed provisionalization. OBJECTIVES In vitro testing of strength and deformation of implant ...

The Brånemark dental implant has undergone progressive development in terms of both the implant body itself and the components connecting the implant to the prosthesis. Many screw and abutment designs have been developed, with various degrees of success. About 15 years ago, CAD (computer-assisted design)-CAM (computer-assisted manufacture) technology was introduced to dentists. More recently CA...

This article presents a preliminary clinical evaluation following the placement of 107 dental implants covered with computer-coded healing abutments. The healing abutment system evaluated herein provided information to specific computer software that facilitated the delivery of an anatomical definitive abutment. This system also assisted in the development of a titanium abutment whose character...