user report Screw-retained ceramic crown using axiom Ti abutments W hile many practitioners prefer to restore their 6. While screw loosening and fracture is not a common implant cases with cement-retained crowns, the complication with modern implant...
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user report Screw-retained ceramic crown using axiom Ti abutments W hile many practitioners prefer to restore their 6. While screw loosening and fracture is not a common implant cases with cement-retained crowns, the complication with modern implant systems, the screw- use of a screw-retained crown, where the implant retained crown can be retrieved without damaging the position allows, has a number of advantages. restoration. While some of the aesthetic problems can 1. It eliminates the problem of removing excess cement. be minimised or overcome using a zirconium abutment, As the cement line is usually sub-gingival, it can be difficult the other problems cannot. So where the position of the to ensure all excess cement is removed especially in implant allows, it may be preferable to restore it with a interproximal areas. Any cement left will cause gingival screw-retained crown. inflammation leading to poor aesthetics and possible Traditionally, screw-retained crowns have been chronic in
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