Guidelines for Clinical Management of Laser-Etched (Laser-Lok) Abutments in Two Different Clinical Scenarios: A Preclinical Laboratory Soft Tissue Assessment Study.
One-stage implants were placed in the mandibles of eight beagle dogs with laser-etched (LL) and machined abutments. After 4 weeks, half of the LL abutments were disconnected and reconnected after 10 minutes of saline storage, and the other half were replaced with a new LL abutment (impression simulation) with or without sulcus de-epithelialization. After abutment change, systems remained in vivo for 3 weeks. Results showed that LL abutments can be reconnected and that sulcus scoring prior to LL placement of one-stage implants receiving machined abutments may be beneficial.
Rodrigo
R
Neiva
Nick
N
Tovar
Ryo
R
Jimbo
Luiz F
LF
Gil
Paula
P
Goldberg
Joao Pm
JP
Barbosa
Thomas
T
Lilin
Paulo G
PG
Coelho
D000818:Animals; D000044:Dental Abutments; D015921:Dental Implants; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D004285:Dogs; D013499:Surface Properties; D014025:Titanium
D015921:Dental Implants; D014025:Titanium