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Preventing loosening of implant abutment screws
1Division of Fixed Prosthodontics, Department of Prosthodontics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA.
The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
|May 1, 1996
Abstract:
A procedure for using dimples inside the abutment screw cylinder above the screws and filling the holes with elastomeric impression material will prevent the screw-retained prosthesis from loosening. A modification of the procedure can also be used for angled abutments.
