Clinical Management of Implant Prostheses in Patients with Bruxism

There is general agreement that excessive stress to the bone-implant interface may result in implant overload and failure. Early failure of the implant due to excessive loading occurs shortly after uncovering the implant. Excess load on a final restoration after successful implant integration can re...

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Main Authors: Osamu Komiyama, Frank Lobbezoo, Antoon De Laat, Takashi Iida, Tsuyoshi Kitagawa, Hiroshi Murakami, Takao Kato, Misao Kawara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Biomaterials
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/369063