title: Stability of screw-retained implant-supported fixed dental prostheses bonded to gold cylinders.
abstract: This study examined the adhesive stability of screw-retained implant-supported fixed dental prostheses (FDPs) bonded to prefabricated gold cylinders after a load cycling. Five FDP groups (n = 10 per group) that differed either in bonding or loading modality (no loading, loading, moment loading, humidity, silicoating) were compared based on the forces needed to separate the FDP frameworks from the gold cylinders. The mean separating forces for the different groups ranged from 311 N to 501 N. No statistically significant differences could be detected between the five groups (Welch t test, P = .447). Despite the limited transferability into clinical practice, it appears that sufficient bonding stability can be achieved for screw-retained implant-supported FDPs bonded to prefabricated gold cylinders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany. karl_matthias@web.de
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karl
authors.forename: Friedrich
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Graef
authors.forename: Thomas D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Siegfried M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Heckmann
mesh_terms: D000044:Dental Abutments; D001840:Dental Bonding; D017268:Dental Prosthesis Retention / Q000295:instrumentation*; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003799:Dental Stress Analysis; D006047:Gold Alloys; D006813:Humidity; D019279:Resin Cements; D012821:Silanes
chemical_list: D006047:Gold Alloys; D019279:Resin Cements; D012821:Silanes