Impression techniques for multiple implants: a photoelastic analysis. Part I: comparison of three direct methods.

Autor: Lopes-Júnior I; Faculty of Dentistry, Federal University of Uberlandia, Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, Brazil., de Lima Lucas B, Gomide HA, Gomes VL
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Journal of oral implantology [J Oral Implantol] 2013 Oct; Vol. 39 (5), pp. 539-44. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Nov 08.
DOI: 10.1563/AAID-JOI-D-11-00040
Abstrakt: The purpose of this article was to compare through photoelastic analysis the stress distribution in 3 direct transfer techniques for implants with splinting. Three photoelastic resin blocks were made with 2 implants placed parallel to each other and 2 square transfer copings splinted. Both transfers were splinted with acrylic resin chemically activated in 3 different techniques: metallic sticks (T1), prefabricated acrylic bars (T2), or dental floss (T3). A circular polariscope was used, and the distortion energy (E) was calculated in 4 periods: 20 minutes and 3, 24, and 36 hours. Statistically significant differences were found among the 3 techniques (P < .05). The dental floss presented the greatest distortion energy values (T3 = 0.469 Kgf/mm(2)) and the metallic sticks the lowest values (T1 = 0.0 Kgf/mm(2)). Thus, the metallic sticks technique (T1) appears to be the most accurate protocol to be used for implant-supported prosthesis with multiple abutments.
Databáze: MEDLINE