Implantology Flashcards
What allows for integration of an implant?
An oxide layer is formed on the surface of the implant that is protective and allows for osseointegration.
Increasing the diameter of an implant has 4 beneficial effects
-Minimizes inter proximal space and potential food impaction and improves oral hygiene
2-Minimizes component fracture
3-Reduces incidence of screw loosening
4-Improves emergence profile of crown
What is more important for an implant, width or length?
Width
Why are rough implants good?
Disadvantage
Rough implants increase surface area and bone-implant contact
-This leads to faster and strong osseointegration compared to machinee surface.
-Plaque retention, and peri0implantitis
External hex design problems?
1-Traditional design with butt-joint connection
2-Abutment screw loosening is probelmeatic
Internal hex design?
incorporates an antirational feature (hexagon, tripod, morse taper, internal grooves)
What is platform switching
2 points
-Use of a narrower restorative abutments on a wider implant body
-Shown to decrease crestal bone resorption by preventing migration of epithelium past the implant-abutment interface, enhancing the connective tissue-osseous attachment in the crestal area.
Why are tapered walls of implants important?
1-Allows compression of bone in poor-quality sites and distributes forces into surrounding bone.
2-Facilitates placement into anatomically constricted sites (buccal concavities, adjacent teeth)
Parallel wall versus tapered wall implants?
-In sites with poor bone quality, under preparation with tapered implant can achieve greater primary stability compared to that with parallel wall implant.
Pitch of an implant
Benefit?
Distance between adjacent threads
More threads, greater surface area per implant.
What kind of threads are better for soft bone?
1-Deeper threads because it increases surface area
What type of threads allows or easier placement of an implant in hard bone
Shallow threads
Name 4 risk factors associated with implant failure
1-Periodontal Disease
2-Smoking
3-Prior radiation treatment
4-Diabetes
Can pts with parafunctional habits have implants?
Yes, however additional implants are needed to reduce overload, or a night guard is necessary.
What is the vertical space required for a fixed restoration?
Cement retained (8 mm minimum)
Screw retained (6 mm minimum)
1 mm occlusal metal restoration (2 mm for porcelain)
5 mm abutment for cement restoration (1 mm sub gingival margin= total 6 mm)
2 mm soft tissue attachment
Ideal vertical space for implants
9-10 mm in posterior
10-12 mm in anterior
If >12 mm, teeth will be elongated and may required addition of pink tones in aesthetic areas.
Implants should be placed how far from adjacent tooth and adjacent implant.
1.5 mm from adjacent tooth to prevent bone loss
3.0 mm from adjacent implant to prevent bone loss
Minimum amount of buccal/lingual bone
1 mm
How many mm apical to gingival margin for appropriate emergence profile of crown?
3 mm
In a healthy periodontium the facial margin of the alveolar crest lies approximately 2 mm apical to the gingival margin, which courses near to the cementoenamel …
How many mm palatal to buccal walls in esthetic zone for appropriate crown emergence and to prevent buccal bone loss should an implant be placed
2 mm
How many mm above the IAN should an implant be placed
2 mm
How many mm anterior to mental Forman to avoid anterior loop of the mental nerve should an implant be placed
5 mm
Type I bone
Predominant cortical bone (anterior Mandible)
-overheating potential
-tapping of bone recommended to facilitate implant placement
Type II bone
Thick cortical bone and dense cancellous bone (mandible, anterior maxilla)
Type III bone
Thin cortical bone and dense cancellous bone (maxilla)
Type IV bone
-Predominantly cancellous bone (posterior maxilla)
-poor bone quality leads to lower success
-Consider osteotome technique to compress denser bone laterally next to implant
-Consider under preparation of site
What is the best bone for implant placement?
Type II-Thick cortical bone and dense cancellous bone (mandible and Ant maxilla)
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Type III-Thin cortical bone and dense cancellous bone (maxilla)
Why is thick gingival biotype important
Probe is not visible
-Greater soft tissue stablity
-More predictable healing
-Less gingival discoloration from titanium show,
-Less gingival recession
Osseointegration
Direct structural and functional connection between bone and the surface of an implant that can survive normal loading conditions
What is the osseointegration window for implants
3 months in mandible and 6 months in maxilla but this has improved overtime.
T/F: mechanical stability is high after surgery and declines after time
True
What is the weakest time for implant placement
2-4 weeks
Osteoconduction
Recruitment of osteogenic cells to the implant surface via a matrix
Contact osteogenesis:
De novo bone formation on the implant surface
Distance osteogenesis:
New bone formation on the walls of the osteotomy site toward the implant surface.
Implant success:
Absence of implant mobility, per-implant radiolucency, and symptoms (pain, infection, numbness); crystal bone loss <0.2 mm per year following the first year of function
Speeds must be less than what to prevent overheating of bone
2000 rpm