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- 2017
A new system of implant abutment connection: how to improve a two piece implant system sealingDOI: 10.11138/orl/2017.10.3.234 Keywords: implant-abutment connection, implant dentistry, bacterial leakage, peri-implantitis, bone resorption Abstract: Implant dentistry has become one of the most successful dentistry techniques for replacing missing teeth. The success rate of implant dentistry is above 80%. However, peri-implantitis is a later complication of implant dentistry that if untreated, can lead to implant loss. One of the hypotized causes of peri-implantis is the bacterial leakage at the level of implant-abutment connection. Bacterial leakage is favored to the presence of a micro gap at the implant-abutment interface, allowing microorganisms to penetrate and colonize the inner part of the implant leading to biofilm accumulation and consequently to peri-implantitis development
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