title: External and occlusal trauma to dental implants and a case report.
abstract: Dental implants subjected to traumatic forces can survive. Cortical bone seems to provide a protective energy-absorbing mechanism in the collagen polymer that helps to prevent microcracking and fracture of bone. The collagen polymer has cross-linking bonds that break and absorb the energy of a traumatic impact so as not to cause damage to the main polymer chain. A case reported demonstrates that a traumatic force damaged the implant prosthetic crown, but not the bone encasing the implant or the integration of the implant.
authors.affiliation: dffdds@mindspring.com
authors.forename: Dennis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Flanagan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001732:Bite Force; D003442:Crowns; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous; D019250:Dental Implants, Single-Tooth; D017268:Dental Prosthesis Retention / Q000295:instrumentation; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D003799:Dental Stress Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000293:injuries*; D008446:Maxillofacial Injuries; D016348:Osseointegration