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A novel technique to retrieve cold‐welded implant abutment: A case series

Abutment fracture is a complication of dental implant treatment. When an abutment breaks, the remaining part should be retrieved without damaging the implant hex. In many cases, the implant‐abutment connection is cold‐welded, which makes it difficult to remove the remaining part. The aim of the pres...

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Autores principales: Arshad, Mahnaz, Mahgoli, Hossein Ali, Rasouli, Kamran, Refoua, Sina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6787859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31624597
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2375
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Sumario:Abutment fracture is a complication of dental implant treatment. When an abutment breaks, the remaining part should be retrieved without damaging the implant hex. In many cases, the implant‐abutment connection is cold‐welded, which makes it difficult to remove the remaining part. The aim of the present study was to describe a simple technique to retrieve the remaining part of a broken abutment.