Thread-Skip: An Undefined Common Observation.
When a screw-retained implant prosthesis is removed, a click is heard and a slight axial shift is felt, indicating the screw has been fully removed from the retaining thread. This common observation has never been described in the literature. This article describes the click, and it is proposed it be termed thread-skip.
Peter
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McDermott
William DE
W
Allan
D000044:Dental Abutments; D015921:Dental Implants; D017268:Dental Prosthesis Retention; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D020878:Device Removal; D006801:Humans
D015921:Dental Implants