title: Cement-retained versus screw-retained implant restorations: achieving optimal occlusion and esthetics in implant dentistry.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Optimal occlusion and esthetics are goals in prosthetic treatment. Implant dentistry is no exception.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to discuss how the choice to use screw-retained or cement-retained implants dramatically influences the occlusion and esthetics.
authors.affiliation: Eastman Dental Center, Department of Graduate Prosthodontics, Rochester, N. Y, USA.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Hebel
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Gajjar
mesh_terms: D002484:Cementation; D000044:Dental Abutments; D003766:Dental Occlusion; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D017268:Dental Prosthesis Retention / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D003799:Dental Stress Analysis; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D006801:Humans