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Design and use of customized hand instruments for removing fractured implant abutment screws
Sohil A Kazim1, Charles J Goodacre2
1Fellow, Advanced Education Program in Implant Dentistry, Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, Loma Linda, Calif.; and Adjunct Professor, Department of Restorative Dentistry, Advanced Specialty Education Program in Prosthodontics, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, Newark, NJ.
Abstract:
An implant abutment screw fracture is a mechanical complication, and the best course of action is to retrieve the screw fragment and replace it with a new abutment screw. This technique article describes a method of customizing hand instruments for removing fractured implant abutment screws.
