Variation in the total lengths of abutment/implant assemblies generated with a function of applied tightening torque in external and internal implant-abutment connection

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 834-839

  Kim, Ki Seong ^a   Lim, Young Jun ^a   Kim, Myung Joo ^a   Kwon, Ho Beom ^a   Yang, Jae Ho ^a   Lee, Jai Bong ^a   Yim, Soon Ho ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dental implants; Implant abutment interface; Repeated tightening; Settling effect; Tightening torque

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DENTAL ALLOY; TITANIUM; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTURE; HUMAN; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; TORQUE;

CARBON; DENTAL ABUTMENTS; DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; HUMANS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM; TORQUE; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79960277102     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: 16000501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2010.02063.x     Document Type: Article

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