Implants Flashcards
What metals should be used to clean implant and titanium abutment surfaces?
Gold or polyethylene (Teflon) will not scratch titanium implant surfaces
How much bone loss should be expected after the first 12 months?
0.2mm/year
What are some complications seen after implant placement?
Soft tissue complications
Screw loosening - occlusal overload and later forces
Abutment fracture - cemented restorations
Implant fracture - pure titanium with 3.75mm diameter in a partially dentate patient
Define osseointegration
Direct structural and functional connection between living bone and the surface of a load carrying implant
What is the threshold temperature for bone damage?
47c for one minute
What is the junctional epithelium of implants mediated by?
Pseudo-attachment vía a hemidesmosome complex
In a 9 year old patient with the loss of a permanent maxillary incisor, the most critical factor factor in evaluating the use of an implant?
a. Growth
b. Lack of bone
c. Instability in mixed dentition
d. Inability to perform hygiene
A. Growth
A patient has undergone a hemimaxillectomy for SCCC and recieved post-surgical radiation therapy. He has an atrophic edentulous maxilla and a full complement of mandibular teeth. What is the most important factor in implant placement?
a. Location
b. radiation history
c. xerstomia
d. lack of bone for implants
A. Location
Autogenous cancellous bone grafts are usually revascularized after
a. 1-2 months
b. 3 months
c. 6 months
d. 12 months
A. 1-2 months
The most important biomechanical requirement for a single tooth implant restoration is
a. the abutment be made of alloyed titanium
b. abutment be a two piece design
c. the implant’s coronal surface has an anti-rotation design
d. implant be adequate in size for various tooth sites
C. The implants coronal surface have an anti-rotational design
The appropriate torque level for gold palladium abutment screws is
a. 12 n/cm
b. 22 n/cm
c. 32 n/cm
d. 42 n/cm
C. 32 n/cm. Optimum torque levels are reached when 75% of the yield strength of the material is developed
Orthodontic therapy for a 9 year old patient who is planned for replacement of congenitally missing lateral incisors with an implant:
a. Guiding the cuspid to its appropriate arch position during eruption
b. Allowing the cuspid to erupt adjacent to the central incisor and then distalizing the canine
c. no orthodontic therapy until all teeth have erupted
B. Allow the canine to erupt then distalize it
What is the use of a microporous membrane when placing an immediate implant
a. prevent epithelial downgrowth
b. augment a bony wall and assist in implant stability
c. only use it when primary closure can be obtained over the membrane
d. Only when bone graft material is used around the implant
A. the membrane presents epithelial downgrowth into the extraction site
The incidence of dysesthesia following inferior alveolar nerve lateralization in conjunction with implant placement
a. 5 %
b. 15%
c. 25%
d. 50%
5%
Which of the following is true of HBO therapy as an adjunctive therapy to implant placement in the irradiated mandible?
a. Benefit increases with the number of dives
b. Hypo vascularity is fully reversed
c. Beneficial effects of HBO decline after the first two years
d. Failure rate of implants is lessened by HBO
D