Effect of Misfit on Preload Maintenance of Retention Screws of Implant-Supported Prostheses
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2009-10-01
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Assunção, Wirley Goncalves [UNESP]
Santos, Paulo Henrique dos [UNESP]
Delben, Juliana Aparecida [UNESP]
Gomes, Erica Alves [UNESP]
Ricardo Barao, Valentim Adelino [UNESP]
Tabata, Lucas Fernando [UNESP]
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Springer
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of unilateral misfit at different levels on a crown-implant-retention screw system of implant-supported crowns. Hexagon castable UCLA abutments were cast in Co-Cr alloy to fabricate 48 metallic crowns divided into four groups (n = 12). Group A: crowns did not present misfit; Groups B, C and D: crowns were fabricated with unilateral misfit of 50, 100, and 200 mu m, respectively. The crowns were attached by titanium retention screw with 30 N/cm to external hexagonal osseointegrated implants embedded in acrylic resin. After 2 min, the retention screw of each replica was submitted to detorque evaluation by an analogic torque gauge. Three retention screws were used to perform detorque evaluation at each replica and the procedure was repeated twice with each screw. Each group was submitted to 72 detorque measurements. Data were evaluated by ANOVA and Tukey test (P < 0.05). All groups exhibited significant decrease (P < 0.05) in preload and the lowest decrease occurred in Group A. Groups B, C, and D were statistically significant different from Group A (P < 0.05), but there was no statistically significant difference between Groups B and D (P > 0.05). Crowns with unilateral misfit presented higher preload decrease than crowns completely fitted to osseointegrated implants.
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joining, mechanical testing, titanium
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Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance. New York: Springer, v. 18, n. 7, p. 935-938, 2009.