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An Improved Mechanical Testing Method to Assess Bone-implant Anchorage
Published on: February 10, 2014
A technique to modify the length of an implant healing abutment
Burak Yilmaz1, Edwin McGlumphy, Ilser Turkyilmaz
1Department of Restorative and Prosthetic Dentistry, The Ohio State University, College of Dentistry, Columbus, Ohio 43218, USA. brk.yilmaz@yahoo.com
The Journal of Oral Implantology
|October 10, 2009
Abstract:
In areas where esthetics is paramount, healing should be adequately completed around the implant healing abutment to stabilize the gingival margin before crown fabrication. This article describes a technique to increase the height of the healing abutment with laser welding when an implant is placed deep with thick overlying soft tissue.
