Internal vs. external connections for abutments/reconstructions: A systematic review

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL.6, 2012, Pages 202-216

  Gracis, Stefano ^a   Michalakis, Konstantinos ^a   Vigolo, Paolo ^b   Vult von Steyern, Per ^c   Zwahlen, Marcel ^d   Sailer, Irena ^e  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

External connection; Implant connection; Internal connection; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

METAL; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

BONE SCREW; DENTAL ABUTMENT; DENTAL IMPRESSION; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DENTAL SURGERY; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; TOOTH IMPLANT; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

BONE SCREWS; DENTAL IMPLANT-ABUTMENT DESIGN; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL IMPRESSION TECHNIQUE; DENTAL MODELS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; HUMANS; METALS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 84867604970     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: 16000501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2012.02556.x     Document Type: Review

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106. Moberg, L.E., Köndell, P.A., Sagulin, G.B., Bolin, A., Heimdahl, A. & Gynther, G.W. (2001) Brånemark System and ITI Dental Implant System for treatment of mandibular edentulism. A comparative randomized study: 3-year follow-up. Clinical Oral Implants Research 12: 450-61. Reason for exclusion: full-arch implant bridges for fully edentulous jaws.
107. Norton, M.R. (2006) Multiple single-tooth implant restorations in the posterior jaws: maintenance of marginal bone levels with reference to the implant-abutment microgap. The International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Implants 21: 777-84. Reason for exclusion: insufficient information and data on abutments.
108. Palmer, R.M., Palmer, P.J. & Smith, B.J. (2000) A 5-year prospective study of Astra single tooth implants. Clinical Oral Implants Research 11: 179-82. Reason for exclusion: insufficient information and data on abutments.
109. Romanos, G.E. & Nentwig, G.H. (2000) Single molar replacement with a progressive thread design implant system: a retrospective clinical report. The International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Implants 15: 831-6. Reason for exclusion: mean follow-up less than 3 years.
110. Scholander, S. (1999) A retrospective evaluation of 259 single-tooth replacements by the use of Brånemark implants. The International Journal of Prosthodontics 12: 483-91. Reason for exclusion: insufficient information and data on abutments.