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Assessment of Diameter Stability in Morse Taper Dental Implants with Different Angulations After Abutment Connection
Bruno Q S Cordeiro1, Waldimir R Carvalho2, Edgard M Fonseca2
1Post-Graduation in Dentistry Program, School of Dentistry, Fluminense Federal University (UFF), Niterói 24020140, RJ, Brazil.
Background:
Modification of diameter stability after the abutment retention can result in a decrease in the applied torque or affect the peri-implant tissue, compromising the longevity of the treatment. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate how different connection angles (11.5° and 16.0°) at the implant-abutment interface influence implant diameter stability under the manufacturer's recommended torque.
Methods:
Eighty Morse cone-type implant specimens were divided into two groups, with different internal conicity angles: 11.5° (n = 40) and 16.0° (n = 40). Implants varied in diameter (mm): 3.5, 3.8, 4.5, and 5.0. Initial measurements of the implants' external diameter were carried out. After these measurements, all implants received the abutment installation, and a final measurement of the external implant diameter was performed.
Results:
Considering the comparative analysis between the final and initial diameters, a non-significant increase in diameter, in the cervical implant region, after torque on the abutment, was observed. The torque applied to the abutments did not produce deformations in the cervical area of Morse taper implants.
Conclusions:
The torque applied to the abutment screw in implants with a Morse taper connection does not cause deformation in the cervical area of the implant body in implant with 11.5° and 16.0° conicity angles.
