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Ryusuke Shinohara1, Kazuhiko Ueda2, Fumihiko Watanabe1,2
1Functional Occlusal Treatment, Graduate School of Life Dentistry at Niigata, The Nippon Dental University.
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to investigate how differences in dental implant and screw materials affected screw loosening. Screws (pure titanium; Ti4S, titanium alloy; TiAS), blocks (Y-TZP; ZrB, pure titanium; Ti4B) and plates (Y-TZP; ZrP), representing abutment screws, implant bodies and superstructures, respectably, were used. Plates were fastened to blocks by screws using a torque of 20 N•cm, and the loosening torque was measured after cyclic loading. Tests was performed on 13 specimens per group, with four groups for loading at the eccentric point (9 mm from screw center) and one group at the centric point (3 mm from screw center). In eccentric point tests, Ti4S screws led to significantly more loosening than TiAS screws (p<0.01). The block material had no effect. For ZrBTi4S, there was no difference in loosening before and after the centric point tests. More loosening occurred for eccentric point than for centric point tests (p<0.05).
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