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Discussions on Abutments

Welcome to the Abutments Section of OsseoNews.com, where you can research, and participate in discussions about Abutments. It's the one place where dentists, surgeons, and industry experts share their knowledge on Abutments.

Recent Abutments Discussions

• Fractured Screw: What Are My Chances?

  I am an Australian dentist. I recently went to place a screw retained abutment and cement retained crown on the upper right premolar. The surgeon had placed a Branemark narrow platform 15mm length dental implant.

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• Gingiva Blanches Around Implant-Abutment Junction: Will This Resolve?

  When I torque down the abutment into the dental implant, sometimes the gingiva blanches around the junction of the implant platform and the abutment margin on the buccal.

    Read More and Comment  | 4 Comments »
 
• Crown Loose: Recommendations?

  I had a dental implant put in 4 years ago. I have returned to my dentist 3 times because the crown became loose, apparently because the abutment was never properly seated onto the implant.

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• Preparing the Implant Abutment

  My dental implant representative recommends that I use stock zirconia abutments and that I prepare them in the mouth. He says that this is just like doing conventional crown and bridge. But, I have my doubts. Is this really as easy as conventional crown and bridge?

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• Loose Abutment Screw

  Recently, I completed a case where I forgot to torque down the abutment screw completely. Now it is loose! How do I retrieve this screw and tighten it?

    Read More and Comment  | 30 Comments »
 
• Dental Implants: Crown Margin Short?

  However, I just inserted a crown where the margin was short of the abutment margin. Have any of you experienced this same problem?

    Read More and Comment  | 11 Comments »
 
• Easy Abutment

  I am considering the use of the Nobel Biocare Easy Abutments for the restoration of an edentulous maxilla. Has anybody attempted this kind of restoration and what complications did you encounter?

    Read More and Comment  | 7 Comments »
 
• UCLA Type Abutments

  I am replacing #11, 12 and 13 with an dental implant fixed partial denture supported by two 4.0×10mm implant fixtures in #11 and 12 sites. #13 will be cantilevered. For this dental implant design, will make any difference if I use the UCLA type abutment crowns or will cement retention be better?

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• Abutment Insertion Problems

  I have difficulty inserting the abutment into the dental implant fixture. The gingival tissue grows tightly against the healing cap.

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• Abutment Holders: Worth the Extra Expense?

  The last few cases my lab has returned to me have abutments with pointy tops. They say they leave the pointy tops because it increases the occluso-gingival height of the abutment which increases retention.

    Read More and Comment  | 1 Comment »
 
• Bacterial Colonization Around the Micro-Gap?

  I have been hearing a great deal about the problem of bacteria colonizing around the micro-gap between the dental implant fixture and the abutment. Is this a real problem to be concerned with?

    Read More and Comment  | 79 Comments »
 
• Broken Abutment

  I have had two patients ‘break’ the abutment about half way down the dental implant.

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• Understanding Implant-Abutment Attachments

  A patient asks us:Can someone please give me a basic explanation of the various types of dental implant-abutment attachments?

  Are they important in the success of a dental implant? Is there really a difference between the attachments produced by different companies? What is morse taper? Thanks for your help.

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• Bacteria Collecting on Abutments?

  I’ve heard that there is a problem around the abutment margin junction on dental implants where bacteria tend to collect.

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• Standard vs. Computer-Generated Abutments

  Ronda asks us:My 18 year old son was in a car accident and needed his 4 top front teeth replaced. He has had bone grafted and the
  dental implants are in. My question relates to his abutments.

  I have heard that there are different types of abutments on the market. Upon doing some research I have also […]

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• Atlantis Abutments

  Dr. Croll asks us:
  I use Atlantis custom abutments for cement retained crowns and bridges and usually the fit on single units is excellent.

  Occasionally for multiple units I have found the fit of bridges to be a little tight.  Are any of you using die relief to create space for the cement?  I am thinking of […]

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• Preparing the Abutment

  For some of my more apprehensive dental implant referrals I place the solid abutment onto the dental implant for them, allowing them to take a conventional crown and bridge impression for the crown.

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• One Piece Dental Implants: What’s Your Experience?

  Have any of you started using one-piece dental implants where there is no dental implant-abutment interface? What is your experience with these implants?

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• Dental Implants and Abutment Screws

  here seems to be some controversy over torquing down the abutment screw when placing dental implants. Most of the dental implant crowns and bridges that I do involve torquing down the abutment and then cementing the crown or bridge.

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• Dental Implant Abutments

  There are other recent studies that have shown no bone loss with an abutment that was step backed from the implant itself. Some manufacturers have already been offering these types of abutments for quite some time. Is this the future direction for abutments?

    Read More and Comment  | 41 Comments »
 
• Dental Implants: Cementation

  What has been your experience with cementing crowns and bridges on implant abutments?

    Read More and Comment  | 14 Comments »
 
• Dental Implant Abutment Retention

  So many of us are getting away from screws coming through the occlusal surface for our dental implant supported cronws because of esthetics.

    Read More and Comment  | 6 Comments »
 
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